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Model of pregnancy with complications
This obstetrical wax model documents an abdominal pregnancy. This occurs after the rupture of a Fallopian tube releases the zygote (fertilized ovum), which, in extremely rare cases, continues to grow in the abdominal cavity. There the fetus can develop to full maturity. The fetus is shown here completely [...]
Creator
- Giuseppe Ferrini and/or Clemente Susini [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- medicine (discipline)
Type of item
- Delivery (parturition), model of
- manikins (teaching aids)
Medium
- wax
- Wax
- wax
Creator
- Giuseppe Ferrini and/or Clemente Susini [attr.]
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- medicine (discipline)
Type of item
- Delivery (parturition), model of
- manikins (teaching aids)
Medium
- wax
- Wax
- wax
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- after 1771
- 1771
- 1771
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:418058
Extent
- 400x470x450 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/ClementeSusini.html
Year
- 1771
Providing country
- Italy