Evening journal., 1900-04-14
PARTS OF THE BODY.
MODELS THAT ARE USED IN THe
STUDY or ANATOMY.


They Are Taken From Subjects In
the Morgaes and Hospitals of Paris
and Are colored Exactly TO Repre-
sent Nature.
Ia the window Of an ocullst up town
is display which is grewsomely fas-
cinating 1t is composed of papler !
maehe representations Of parts and or
gans Of the human body, colored simi-
lar to nature. Some are life size, such |
as q pair of lungs and a 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. A weird model Of a head dem |
onstrates unpleasantly how you would
look If 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 90 to |
make us up inside. One is apt to think |
Of oneself as being Of one harmonious |
red interiorly, but this Is all wrong, II |
appears.
Studying these figures sets one won
derlng 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 a 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 manufacturer 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 filled with all sorts Of
parts Of all sorts of animals, human
and otherwise.
isn't this a beautiful hearth" said
he enthusiastically, exhibiting a life
size organ of papler mache, divided up
into little hinged. parts and colored
red and tan and pink and blue.
"It sells for 80. A little throat, sim
ilarly colored and divided, would cost
you SS If your fancy ran TO that kind
of bric-a-brac. A beautiful little bit
Of mechanism composed of papier
maehe, bone and wire, illustrating the
nerves connecting the tongue with the
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rangements you can buy for S35."
There ygas a shelf full of brains and
another full of animals legs and stom-
achs and livers and things. Altogether
it was pretty bloody looking kind of
show on account of the quantities OF
red paint used to illustrate large sec
tions of muscle. Then standing up in
one corner was life size figure of
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
I'm the preparation Of human bones
for the market An articulated skull
of American workmanship would cost
50. 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 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 doyetailed. This
was explained thus:
do you know how they separate a
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 its
natural Jennings or sutures. These are
then hinged and wired, as you see. 1t
all requires most delicate manipula-
ton by an expert. Tramond Of Paris
is the leading artist I'm skulls and
bones. The business of modelling these
papier mache organs and of artlculat-
ing bones is not an oyercrowded 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 by
way Of the barge office, 1t may be add
ed, must pay 40 per cent duty to Uncle
Sam.-New York Commercial Adver-
D tiser.