clastic model of the human brain-stem
Date: 1890
Inventory Number: WJ0663
Classification: Anatomical model
Subject:
Maker: Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797 - 1880)
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Dimensions:
14.7 x 38.8 x 17 cm (5 13/16 x 15 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Material:
Bibliography:
Queen Catalogues (2 volumes), The
Description:
Large papier mâché clastic model (from the Greek "Klastos", i.e. can be taken apart into separate pieces) of the human brain-stem, including the thalmus and upper spinal cord. Several numbers glued on small pieces of paper are found on the model. Some of these have a small painted finger pointing at them, which indicates that this part of the anatomy is under one of the removable parts of the model. The parts are held together by small steel hooks.
In Collection(s)
Signedon model: Anatomie Clastique / du Dr. Auzoux / 1890
FunctionUsed by the Harvard Psychology Department for the teaching and study of the physiological basis of sensory response.
Historical AttributesThis instrument is found in Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 Psychological Laboratory of Harvard University document. It is thus listed: "10. Large clastic model of cerebellum and spinal cord. By Auzoux, Paris. $25."
See online reproduction here.
See online reproduction here.
Primary SourcesHugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory apparatus is located in Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72.