Plaster model of embryo aged 7-8 weeks

Item Information

Title:
Plaster model of embryo aged 7-8 weeks
Description:
Unpainted plaster model of human embryo head. Model sectioned at mouth aperture. 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:
Embryology, Human
Embryology
Embryos
Pregnancy
Warren Anatomical Museum
Elizabeth D. Hay Collection
Archives for Women in Medicine
Models, Educational
Models
Embryonic Structures
Center for the History of Medicine Manuscript Transfer
Extent:
4 separate, nearly identical objects.
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/5862
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: 20306
Warren Anatomical Museum Accession Number: 2009.010
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20318
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20319
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 20320