Four piece model of sectioned human body, 1939-2007

Four piece model of sectioned human body, 1939-2007

Dickinson-Belskie Collection

Cleveland Health Museum

Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950

Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988

Models

Wood

Spleen

Lungs

Rectum

Prostate

Veins

Pituitary Gland

Tongue

Brain

Heart

Large four piece model. Each piece is a cross-section of the human body and displays different labeled anatomical parts. Models are from top of head to thigh. All pieces have exposed internal anatomy on both sides. Models are red, yellow, orange, and brown in color. Model was stored and shipped in green painted wooden crate. Crate is rectangular in shape and contains foam and three brown wooden pieces that were used as dividers for the models during shipment and storage. Crate also displays shipping information handwritten and printed on top.

Cleveland Health Museum

1939-2007

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Warren Anatomical Museum (WAM 20770.001-.002)

model

2 Models

Models (representations)

physical object

WAM 20770.001-.002

Between 1939 and 1950, Robert Latou Dickinson and artist Abram Belskie collaborated at the New York Academy of Medicine to create molds and models of human reproductive anatomy for display and teaching aid. In 1945, Dickinson transferred his reproductive anatomy model collection to the Cleveland Health Museum, which soon began making its own reproductions. In 2007 the Health Museum was absorbed into the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and at that time transferred the Dickinson-Belskie collection to the Warren Anatomical Museum.

.001: Piece one: 27.5 W x 99 D x 5 H cm; Piece two: 27.5 W x 99 D x 4 H cm; Piece three: 27.5 W x 99 D x 4 H cm; Piece four: 27.5 W x 99 D x 5 H cm. .002: 36 W x 106 D x 36 H cm.