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Civil War dolls X-rayed for smuggling evidence in Richmond
Nina and Lucy Ann, two 150 year old Civil War era dolls at the Museum of the Confederacy, were X-rayed revealing hollow crania that could have held quinine or morphine for Confederate troops. Forensic testing planned to detect drug traces. donors linked dolls to smuggling routes around Union blockades.
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Catherine Wright
Museum of the Confederacy
Nina
Lucy Ann
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Europe
VCU Medical Center
James Patton Anderson
Catherine M. Wright