Anatomical Model
date: label: date made
content: ca 1830s
label: associated dates
content: 1850 / 1850, 1985 / 1985
name: label: maker
content: Towne, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This wax model depicts nodular leprosy of the face.
label: Description
content: The model was made by Joseph Towne (1808-1879), who worked for over fifty years as a modeler at Guys Hospital in London. At the hospital, Towne worked with some of the leading English physicians and surgeons of the day, notably Thomas Addison, and John Hilton. Wax models depicting various skin diseases and other medical conditions were used for teaching medical students.
label: Description
content: This model was originally part of the Pathological Museum at the University of Pennsylvania. The collection was the largest of its kind in the United States. The Pennsylvania Collection was begun by George B. Wood (1797-1879) a Professor of Medicine at the University. Wood purchased the models in London and transported them to Philadelphia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Poughkeepsie
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: 1986.0177.06
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0177.06
label: accession number
content: 1986.0177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model, Anatomical
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, leprosy of the face
label: Other Terms
content: Model, Anatomical; Teaching Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wax (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tar seal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 29.5 cm x 23.5 cm; 11 5/8 in x 9 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 7/8 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 23.495 cm