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Harriet Cole Donated Her Body To Science — And Had Her Entire Nervous System Removed She may have been a hospital cleaning lady, but Harriet Cole ended up making perhaps a greater contribution to medical science than any of the doctors she worked alongside. Few may even recognize her name today, but without Cole, our understanding of the human nervous system wouldn’t be quite the same It took six total months to extract Harriet Cole's entire nervous system from her body piece by piece. It was the first time in history that an entire human nervous system was extracted from the body.  See the photos and learn the fascinating full story by clicking the link in our bio. No one knows why Harriet Cole donated her body to science, but the contribution she made lives on to this day. She may have been a hospital cleaning lady, but Harriet Cole ended up making perhaps a greater contribution to medical science than any of the doctors she worked alongside. Few may even recognize her name today