Model of a Human Brain
notes: label: Description
content: This papier mache model of a cross section of a human brain was made in the Auzoux factory in Normandy, France. It has several detachable parts, and an inked inscription reads “. . . . / Dr. Auzoux / 1883.” The Smithsonian bought it in 1895, probably paying $37.50 (duty free).
label: Description
content: Ref: James W. Queen & Co. <i>Catalogue of Anatomical Models, Charts and Osteological Preparations</i> (Philadelphia, 1886), p. 5.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: MG.M-10314
label: catalog number
content: M-10314
label: accession number
content: 29042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, human brain
label: Other Terms
content: Model, Brain, Human, Anatomical; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, main part (on base): 19 5/8 in x 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 49.8475 cm x 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, brain piece, smaller (stored separately): 1 1/2 in x 7 in x 3 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, brain piece, larger (stored separately): 2 in x 9 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 24.4475 cm x 8.89 cm