The Medical Venus
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The Medical Venus
The so-called Mediceishce Venus is one of a collection of life-size anatomical wax models from the late eighteenth century. Designed and used for teaching, she was created and is still kept at Museo La Specola in Florence. 1 In the patient, quiet museum, she is exhibited closed, indehiscent inside ...
October 1, 2008; The Virginia Quarterly Review
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