Healthy spine, sacrum, ribs and partial pelvis of an adult

Healthy spine, sacrum, ribs and partial pelvis of an adult

Spines

Thomas Dwight, Jr. Collection

Torso

Vertebrae

Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911

human remains

Spine, sacrum, pelvis and ribs articulated and mounted on a blue wooden base with a metal armature

Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911

1909

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Warren Anatomical Museum (09379.086.002)

image

osteological preparation, human

physical object

WAM 09379.086.002

These remains were most likely acquired after the passage of the 1898 Act Relative to the Promotion of Anatomical Science in Massachusetts, which permitted unclaimed remains to be utilized in medical education. This spine and rib preparation was prepared by Parkman Professor of Anatomy Thomas Dwight, from the remains of a twenty-one year old Caucasian male, who was mostly likely a dissection room subject at Harvard Medical School. Dwight donated this preparation to the Warren Anatomical Museum in 1909.

20.3 W x 20.3 D x 72.4 H cm