Mounted preparation showing antrum and sinuses opening into nasal cavity

Mounted preparation showing antrum and sinuses opening into nasal cavity

Anatomical preparations

Dried preparations

Cranial sinus

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Hodges, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1827-1896

human remains

Dried section of maxillary frontal sinuses; copper wires articulate the tissue; mounted in open frame with a brass eye hanger nailed to frame. Also shows lachrymal passage and eustachian tube; openings indicated by wires of different colors. Color coded descriptive key adhered to frame interior.

Hodges, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1827-1896

1845-1874

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anatomical preparation, human

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WAM 04237

This sinus preparation, from an unknown dissection subject, was dissected out, injected and dried by Richard Hodges in the mid 19th century. Hodges gifted the preparation to Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Holmes later donated the display to the Warren Anatomical Museum in 1874.