Plaster model of embryo aged 6-7 weeks

Item Information

Title:
Plaster model of embryo aged 6-7 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
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
Models (representation)
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Warren Anatomical Museum
Models
Subjects:
Warren Anatomical Museum
Archives for Women in Medicine
Center for the History of Medicine Manuscript Transfer
Elizabeth D. Hay Collection
Pregnancy
Embryology
Embryology, Human
Embryos
Embryonic Structures
Models, Educational
Models, Plaster
Extent:
4 separate, nearly identical objects.
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/5861
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: 20305
Warren Anatomical Museum Accession Number: 2009.010
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20315
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20316
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20317