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Anatomical model of a human right hand
Description
Anatomical reproduction of a human right hand, showing the bones, muscles, nerves and vascular system. It comprises 16 assembled parts, a metal brace supporting the wrist, attachments to other anatomical elements, and numbered circular labels.
The piece is part of a larger set, and it is likely that an accompanying manual existed at one point.
Details
- Title: Anatomical model of a human right hand
- Category: Scientific instruments
- University: University of Cádiz
- Authors: Sucesores de Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux
- Chronology: 1902
- Technique: Carton pierre
- Dimensions: 49 x 27 x 5 cm
- Location: Faculty of Medicine. Museum of Anatomy.
- Ownership: University of Cádiz
Bibliography
PRIETO, SANTANA, María Dolores. «Modelos clásicos de Auzoux en los antiguos gabinetes de Ciencias ¿arte o naturaleza?». Naturaleza aragonesa: revista de la Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Paleontológico de la Universidad de Zaragoza (Zaragoza), 24 (2010), pp. 94-97.
Anna Maerker, 'Inside Auzoux's models', Explore Whipple Collections, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, 2008. Available at: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/models/drauzouxsmodels/insideauzouxsmodels/
Charles Ruiz, Guillaume. LES MODELES EN PAPIER MACHE DU DOCTEUR AUZOUX AU MUSEE DE L’ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE D’ALFORT Available at: http://theses.vet-alfort.fr/telecharger.php?id=1211.
