Plaster model of embryo aged 5-6 weeks

Item Information

Title:
Plaster model of embryo aged 5-6 weeks
Description:
Unpainted plaster model of human embryo head. Model sectioned at mid-body to expose tail interior. Plaster set on wire mesh. Part of a set of teaching models. Unpainted plaster model of human embryo.
Creator:
Hay, Elizabeth D.
Date:
1964–2005
Genre:
Models (representation)
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Warren Anatomical Museum
Models
Subjects:
Pregnancy
Warren Anatomical Museum
Archives for Women in Medicine
Embryo
Embryology, Human
Embryology
Models
Model, Educational
Embryonic Structures
Center for the History of Medicine Manuscript Transfer
Elizabeth D. Hay Collection
Extent:
4 separate, nearly identical objects.
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/5865
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Most likely created by Elizabeth Hay, the model is part a larger collection used by Elizabeth Hay and Betsy Williams to teach embryology at Harvard Medical School in the later half of the 20th century.
Identifier:
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20311
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20312
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20313
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20314
Warren Anatomical Museum Accession Number: 2009.010