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Sent: 23 July 2002 18:27
Dear Dave Bolender
I suggest checking if your ceramic and wax series of human embryos
correspond to the 8 wax models that from the 1880s Friedrich Ziegler of
Freiburg i. Br. made after originals by the Leipzig anatomist Wilhelm
His.
For many decades these were the most authoritative and widely
distributed
human embryo series, and in researching a book on Ziegler models I
recall
seeing ceramic/plaster versions (but didn't follow them up). I also
recommend comparing the other models to Ziegler series. The studio made
models of both general embryonic anatomy and brain development--and many
other topics--and these were sometimes distributed (and perhaps copied)
by
other firms. You'll find pictures and information in my book, Embryos in
wax: Models from the Ziegler studio (Cambridge/Bern, 2002). See
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/embryos. (Sorry about the self-advertisement.)
'Hammer, Chicago' refers to a branch of the Munich firm that opened in
about 1913, so that helps to date those models.
Good luck! I'd be interested to hear what you conclude.
Nick Hopwood
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
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