American Frohse Anatomical Charts, Plate No. 6, Chest and Abdomen
date: label: Date made
content: after 1918
label: copyright date
content: 1918
name: label: publisher
content: A. J. Nystrom and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Anatomical wall chart of human chests and abdomen. An inscription at the top reads “AMERICAN FROHSE ANATOMICAL CHARTS / EDITED, REVISED AND AUGMENTED / BY MAX BRODEL.” An inscription at the bottom reads “A. J. Nystrom & Co.; Publishers, Chicago.”
label: Description
content: Fritz Frohse (1871-1916), a physician affiliated with the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Berlin, developed a set of anatomical charts suitable for use in classrooms and medical offices. Max Brodel (1870-1941), a German-born medical illustrator at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, produced an American edition of these charts. These were available by 1918.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0337.04
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0337.04
label: accession number
content: 1991.0337
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Anatomical Chart
label: Object Name
content: anatomical chart
label: Other Terms
content: Anatomical Chart; Teaching Material
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: buff (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: salmon (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 193 cm x 104.6 cm x 3 cm; 75 31/32 in x 41 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 47 in x 3 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 119.38 cm x 9.2075 cm