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clastic model of the eye

Date: circa 1890

Inventory Number: WJ0173

Classification: Anatomical model

Subject:

physiology, psychology,

Maker: Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797 - 1880)

User: Department of Psychology, Harvard University (founded 1934)

Cultural Region:

France,

Place of Origin:

Paris,

Dimensions:

14 x 33 x 33 cm (5 1/2 x 13 x 13 in.)

eyeball: 10.1 cm (4 in.)

Material:

glass, paper, papier mâché, steel,

Description:

This object is a papier mâché model of a vertical cross section of the human eye. It is clastic, which is to say that it can be seperated into component parts. The model is several times larger than life-size.

See also companion model WJ0174.

Signedon front, in ink: Anatomie Clastique / du Dr. Auzoux / 1890

Inscribedon model, typewritten: small labels identifying parts of the eye.

FunctionThis object was used as an aid in teaching and studying the physiological basis of sensory response. Primarily used in the Psychology Department.

ProvenanceFrom the Department of Psychology, Harvard University?

Related WorksSee Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory apparatus; see Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72. This model can also be found in the James Queen & Co. catalogs held by the CHSI. See CHSI Lib #403, "Catalogue of Anatomical Models, Charts, and Osteogical Preparations," vol. II. For more information see the five original sources held by the Harvard University Libraries.

For more information on the maker, Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux, see this website. Scroll down to the section marked "Dissected Models."