Wax hearts: seeking the antiquity of cardiac pathology

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 we...

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Main Authors: Rosa Henriques de Gouveia, Raffaella Santi, Roberta Ballestriero, Francesco Galassi, Lina Carvalho, Gabriella Nesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2022-03-01
Series:Polish Journal of Pathology
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/Wax-hearts-seeking-the-antiquity-of-cardiac-pathology,55,46522,1,1.html