Morris tribune., 1900-02-10
PARTS OF THE BODY.
MODELS THAT ARE USED IN THE
STUDY OF ANATOMY.

They Are Taken From Subjects In
the Morgues and Hospitals of Paris
and Are Colored Exactly to Repre-
sent Nature.
In the window of an oculist UP town
is display which is grewsomely fas-
Ginatlng. 1t is composed Of papier
mache representations of parts and OF
gans OF the human body, cOlored SINH
lar to nature. Some are life size, such
as pair Of lungs and stomach, but
others, an eye and an ear for instance,
are large enough to have belonged to
the giant who was knocked out by
Jack. weird model Of head dem
onstrates unpleasantly how you would
look ii your skin were peeled off your
face. Every vein and nerve and mus
Gle is carefully outlined and colored.
A figure displaying the entire interior
of torso, colored to represent nature,
shows us that all sorts Of tints go to
make us UP inside. One is apt to think
of oneself as being Of one harmonious
red interorly. but this is all wrong. it
appears.
Studying these figures sets one won
1 dering where they come from and who
models them. 1t would be an occupa
ton congenial to few. one would sup
pose. A gentleman who came to the
door for moment courteously answer
ed a lot Of questions asked by an in
quisitive person.
"These models" said he. ARE all
made in Germany and France. There
are none made in this country. Yes.
the manufacturers assistants make
their originals in clay, working direct
ly from subjects obtained in hospitals
and morgues. Azou Of Paris is the
largest manufacturer of this line of
goods. They make models Of sections
of animals also. For instance, we now
have an order for deer. Come inside
and let me show you more of the
things" A glass case in the rear of
the store was filed with all sorts Of
parts of all sorts of animals. human
and otherwise.
isn't this a beautiful heart" said
he enthusiastically, exhibiting a life
size organ of papier mache, divided up
into little hinged parts and colored
red and tan and pink and blue.
"It sells for SO. A little throat, sim
ilarly colored and divided, would cost
you IS if your fancy ran to that kind
of bric-a-brac A beautiful little bit |
! Of mechanism composed of papier |
mache. bone and wire, illustrating the
nerves connecting the tongue with the !!
| ear, and various intricate auricular ar
engagements you can buy for $50
| There was a shelf full of brains and |
another full of animals legs and stom-
achs and livers and things. Altogether
1t was a pretty bloody looking kind of |
| show Oh account of the quantities of
| red paint used to illustrate large sec
lions of muscle Then standing up in |
one corner was a life size figure Of a
man composed Of innumerable sep
arate pieces, so that any part could be
taken Of and Individually studied. One |
side demonstrated the muscle forma-
ton and the other the veins and nerves
and arteries. This figure can be bought |
for $500 by any one who wishes such |
an ornament.
Then there were genuine skulls and |
skeletons. The French excel us also
in the preparation of human bones |
for the market. An articulated skull |
of American workmanship would cost |
SO. A skull OF French articulation |
was priced at $25, and the work was
admirable. All the most delicate little !
bones were carefully preserved and ar
ranged. and it was subdivided intot
many small parts. held together with
tiny brass hinges. The top Of the skull |
was sawed evenly off. so as to form a
sort of cap, but the other openings
seemed irregular and dovetailed. This
was explained thus:
DO you know how they separate
skull into its various parts? Well,
they pack it full of sawdust. which
they then wet. The sawdust expands
and bursts the skull apart along it's
natural Jennings or sutureS. These are
then hinged and wired, as you see 1t
ali requires most delicate manipula-
ton by an expert. Tramond of Paris
is the leading artist in skulls and
bones. The business of modelling these
papier mache organs and Of articulat-
ing bones is not an overcrowded one.
as there is not a large demand for
such things. Schools and colleges are
the chief buyers of the articles. There
are precious few students, as you may
imagine, who can afford to invest so
much money in models for private
study
Any hearts and lungs and livers that
come to this country other than bV |
way of the barge office, it may be add
ed, must pay 40 per cent duty to Uncle
Sam.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.