Mounted display of female and male humeri

Mounted display of female and male humeri

Osteological Preparations

Thomas Dwight, Jr. Collection

Humerus

human remains

Left female humerus and right male humerus mounted on wooden base painted blue

Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911

1890-1910, approx

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Warren Anatomical Museum (09391.018/009)

Warren Anatomical Museum Manuscript Catalogue 09300-09799, Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass, Box 13, Volume 17

image

osteological preparation, human

physical object

WAM 09391.018 (F-639)

WAM 09391.009 (M-641)

These remains were likely acquired after passage of the 1898 Act Relative to the Promotion of Anatomical Science in Massachusetts, which permitted unclaimed remains to be utilized in medical education. The left humerus originated from a body titled F-639, and the right originated from a body labeled M-641; both probably originally dissection room subjects. Associations between the subjects, and hence intent in juxtaposition beyond sex are unknown. The humeri from these distinct individuals were prepared and mounted beside another by Thomas Dwight, Jr. and donated to the Warren Anatomical Museum at some point between 1890 and 1910.

25.4 W x 11.5 D x 38 H cm