02.03.2017 | main topic | Sonderheft 1/2017
Werther’s collection of medical moulages
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- Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift > Sonderheft 1/2017
Summary
Moulages are individualized wax models that were very popular as teaching aids in medicine during the 19th and until the first half of the 20th century. After a period of decline, moulages have become a subject of interest again in more recent times since they represent unique artifacts of art, craftsmanship, and medical history. Werther’s collection at Dresden-Friedrichstadt Hospital was one of the most important in Dresden—the capital of Saxony—during the period before World War II. Some relicts have survived and have been restored.