Model of a Man
date: label: date made
content: 1852
name: label: maker
content: Etablissements du Docteur Auzoux
notes: label: Description
content: This papier mache model of a man was made in the Auzoux factory in Normandy, France. It stands less than 2 feet tall, and has several detachable parts. On one side of the torso the skin is removed to show the superficial muscles. On the other side, the superficial layer of muscles is removed to show the deep seated muscles with the vessels and nerves. An inked inscription on the right thigh reads “. . . / Auzoux / fecit anno 1852.”
label: Description
content: Ref: George Dexter, <i>Catalogue of Anatomical Models Made By Dr. Auzoux</i> (Albany, 1844), p. 3.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Anatomy
label: Subject
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0573.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0573
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0573.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Anatomical Model
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, human
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper; wax; brass; metal; paint; iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 7 in x 6 in; 64.77 cm x 17.78 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 9 in x 6 1/2 in; 66.04 cm x 22.86 cm x 16.51 cm