Anatomical figures with detachable parts. Colour lithographs by American Manikin Co., ca. 1890.

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<p>A flat anatomical figure made of wood, on both sides of which have been laid down colour lithographs on paper representing (recto) anterior view of veins, bones and muscles and (verso) muscles, nerves, spinal column and tendons. Attached to the figure by metal hooks are numbered detachable paper lithographs laid down on metal representing different organs. The whole is contained in a flat box which opens outwards from the middle, and the insides of which are covered with lithographs representing named areas or regions of the body</p>

Several prints : lithograph, printed in colours ; wooden manikin 108 x 46 x 1.5 cm, in box  112 x 51.8 x 6.5 cm; interiors of box 106 x 47 (left wall) and 107.5 x 47.5 (right wall)

Anatomical figures with detachable parts. Colour lithographs by American Manikin Co., ca. 1890.

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