Accession No

6584

Brief Description

booklet, report on new anatomical models, by Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux, French, 1844

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jérôme

Class

ephemera; biology

Earliest Date

1844

Latest Date

1844

Inscription Date

1844

Material

paper; rope (string)

Dimensions

205mm (height) x 134mm (width)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual via www.fleaglass.com on or before 28/01/2015.

Inscription

ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MÉDICINE,
SÉANCE DU 16 AVRIL 1844

RAPPORT
SUR LES NOUVELLES*
PIÈCES ARTIFICIELLES
D’ANATOMIE,
PRÉSENTÉES A L’ACADÉMIE
PAR M. LE DOCTEUR
AUZOUX

Description Notes

Booklet, report on new anatomical models, by Louis Auzoux, French, 1844.

Printed report, 8 pages. Report given by Auzoux to the Royal Academy of Medicine on the 16 April 1844, regarding his new models, including 4 complete models of a human male, measuring 1.8m, 1.16m, 82cm and 55cm in height. The model measuring 82cm is ‘moins complet’ (incomplete?); a large model of an ear; a collection of models showing the human egg at various stages of reproduction; a model of half of a very large head; complete model of a maybeetle; snail models; a collection of various animal and human organ models.

Condition: good/fair, complete.

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