Anatomizing the Trade.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- MAERKER, ANNA
- Source
- Technology & Culture. Jul2013, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p531-562. 32p.
- Subject
- *HUMAN anatomical models
*HUMAN anatomical model design & construction
*MEDICAL technology
*EUROPEAN history
*MEDICAL education -- History
*MEDICAL advertising
*HISTORY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0040-165X
The article disucsses the use of the human anatomical models as medical technology tools in Europe from 1700 through 1900. An overview of the anatomical models' designs, including its role in aiding medical students and physicians memorize human anatomy, is discussed. The role that the French doctor Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux played in developing animal and human anatomical models is discussed. An overview of the advertising of anatomical models is also provided.