Anatomical Specimens

This page lists items in the database related to Anatomical specimens and preparations of historical value:

• 18th century terracotta obstetrical models in the Museum of Medical Strumentaria in Siena

• Anatomical Machines in the Sansevero Chapel, Naples

• Anatomischen Museums in Basel with:
  • • • Andreas Vesalius skeleton preparation
      • Grimm’s wax models
      • Karl Gustav Jung skulls preparation

• Antonio Cardarelli’s Hospital Anatomical Collection in Naples

• Cuore e grossi vasi in the Museum of Medical Strumentaria in Siena

• Dickinson-Belskie Collection in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Boston

• Dupuytren Museum in Paris with Monsieur Tan’s brain

• Filippa Mareri’s heart in Borgo San Pietro

• Galileo Galilei’s fifth lumbar vertebra in Palazzo Bo, Padua

• “La Specola” – Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze in Florence

• Museo per la Storia dell’Università di Pavia with
  • • Antonio Scarpa’s head
    • Rhinoplasty section of Luigi Porta anatomical collection
    • Skinned man wax model (1794) by Clemente Susini
    • Young woman wax model (1795) by Clemente Susini

• Pellagra wax model in The “Luigi Cattaneo” Anatomical Wax Model Museum, Bologna

• Philippe Pinel demonstration skull in the Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine of the Université Paris Descartes, Paris

• Phineas Gage memorabilia in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Boston

• Professors’ skulls in the Hall of Medicine, Palazzo Bo, Padua

• RCP Anatomical tables in the Royal College of Physicians, London

• Saint Cosmas and Damian’s skulls in St. Michael’s Church, Munich

• Santorio Santorio’s cranium in the Museo di Storia della Medicina (MUSME) in Padua

• Study-skull (1740) in the Anatomischen Museum of Basel

• Uterus in 9th month of pregnancy with twins (terracotta) in Bologna