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WAX HEARTS: SEEKING THE ANTIQUITY OF CARDIAC PATHOLOGY

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POLISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 72, 期 4, 页码 346-352

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VESALIUS UNIV MEDICAL PUBL
DOI: 10.5114/PJP.2021.114182

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heart; wax models; pathology museums; medical teaching

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During the 19th century, wax models of normal and diseased organs were crucial for medical education in European university hospitals, particularly highlighting heart diseases and pathology. The wax models exhibited congenital malformations, infectious and inflammatory disorders, as well as cardiac hypertrophy, dilation, valvular pathology, and adiposity, emphasizing their importance in both historical and contemporary medical education.
Wax models of normal and diseased organs were formerly essential medical teaching tools. The ceroplastic heart models from two 19th century pathology museums at the Universities of Florence (n = 8) and Coimbra (n = 10) were analysed. The Florentine collection comprised congenital malformations as well as infectious and inflammatory disorders. The Coimbra waxworks included congenital defects, cardiac hypertrophy and dilation, valvular pathology and cardiac adiposity. This study focuses on heart diseases and teaching resources in European university hospitals during the 19th century. It also highlights the importance of wax models in medical education both then and today, in an era of informatics and digital photography.

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