Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-04-12
PARTS Of THE BODY.
Models That Are Used In The Study
Of Anatomy.
rhes Are Taken From Subjects In
the Morgues mad iiespitain nj i'aris
and Are Coiored Exactig to I.epre-
sent Nature.

and Are Goiored Exactly to I.eprc-
sent Nature.
In the window of an oculist up town
,s display which Is grewsonely fas-
sinating Ii is composed of papier
maehe representations of parts and or
gans of the human body. eolored SINH
lar TO nature. Some are life size, such
as ii pair of lungs and stomach. but
others. an eye and an ear for Instance,
nre large enough to have belonged 10
the giant who was Knocked out by
Jack \ weird model of head dem
pnstrates unpleasantly how You would
look II your skin We're peeled Off your
face. Every vein and nerve and nIlis-
Gle is carefully outlined and enlered.
A figure displaying the entire interior
Of Il torso. colored to represent nature,
shows us that all SORTS of tints 90 10
make us up inside. one is apf Ia think
Of oneself as being of ole harmonious
red interiorly. but this is all wrong it
appears.
Studying these figures sets one Won
dering where they come from aud who
models them It would be an occupa-
tion congenial to few. one would snp-
pose. \ gentleman who came to the
door for moment courteoiisly answer
ed a lot of questions asked by an in
quisitivc person.
'.fhcse models,' said hc. 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" \ 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 beautiful hearf.' said
he enthusiastically exhibiting life
size organ of papier mache. divided up
into little hinged parts and colored
red and tan and pink and blue.
ut sells for 50. 4 little throat sim
ilarly colored and divided. would cost
you IS if your fancy ran to that KIND
of bric-a-brae 4 beautiful little bil
of mechanism composed of papitr
mache, bone and wire. Illustrating the
nerves connecting the tongue with the
ear. and various intricate auricuar ar
rangements you can buy for $50
There WAS shelf full of brains and
another full of animals legs and stom
achs and livers and things. Altogether
it was Il pretty bloody looking Kind OF
show on account of the quantities of
red paint used to illustrate large sec
tions of muscle. Then stauding up in
one corner WIS n life size figure OF n
man COMPOSED OF nnumerabie sep
araie pieces. so that any part could be
+ taken off and individually studied. one
side demonstrated the muscle formal
tion 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 rs also
In the preparation of human bones
for the market An articulatcd skull
of American workmanship would cost
50 skull OF French articulation
was priced 1T SIS. and the work was
admirable All the most delicate little
bones were carefully preserved aud ar
ranged, and il was subdivided into
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 dovetaled. This
was explained thus:
"Do you know how they separate a
skull into its various parts: Well
they pack il full of saNdnsi. which
+ they then wet The sawdust expands
and bursts the skull apart along its
natural ioinings or sutures, These are
I then hinged and wired. as You see. II
+ all requires most delicate manipnla
+ tion by an expert Tramond Of Paris
+ Is The leading artist in skulls and
+ bones The business Of modelling these
+ pap!er mache organs ael of ariieuiat
ing homes is not au oNeicrowded aEe
+ as there IS noi . large deHaHd for
such things Schools and colleges are
+ the chief buyers Of the articles There
are precious few students. as You may
i imagine WIN can afford 10 Invest 50
much money IN models for private
study"
Amy heart and hugs and livers that
come 10 this country other than by
way Of the barge office. II may he add
ed. must pay 10 per cent duty to Uncle
F Sam. New York Commercial Adycr-
4 tlser.