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  • A patient in bed. Wax sculpture by a German artist.
  • Wax plant (Hoya carnosa): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Anatomical wax figure, attributed to Anne Marandi Mazzolini of Bologna
  • Edward Jenner. Wax or plaster relief by T.R. Poole, 1809.
  • Winter: an old man warming his hands before a brazier. Wax sculpture.
  • Thomas Guy. Stipple engraving after a wax model by F. Le Pipre.
  • German wax plaque showing the surface anatomy of the female: posterior view
  • Manufacture of sealing wax. Etching by B.L. Prévvost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Left forearm of a wax-refiner who had a large recurrent epitheliomatous growth
  • Left forearm of a wax-refiner who had a large recurrent epitheliomatous growth
  • French female figure modelled in wax, close up of heart to show structure
  • French female figure modelled in wax, close up of heart to show structure
  • French female figure modelled in wax, parts removed to show heart and uterus
  • Wax(?) model of a dissected hand, showing tendons. Pencil and chalk drawing, 18--(?).
  • Wax(?) model of a dissected foot, showing tendons. Pencil and chalk drawing, 18--(?).
  • French female figure modelled in wax, parts removed to show the stomach, kidneys, bladder
  • A wax plant (Hoya species): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1850, after himself.
  • A wax flower (Hoya pottsii): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Wax models of the viscera, etc. by Jean-Joseph Sue père, after his own dissections. Engraving, 1749.
  • Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Vienna: anatomical wax models from the Josephinum prepared for display. Photograph, 1964.
  • Crystal transparent jam pot covers with wax tissues, title labels and recipe slips : 2 lb. size.
  • French female figure modelled in wax, with uterus removed and also the structure of the heart revealed
  • French female figure modelled in wax, parts removed to show lungs, liver and intestines, 18th century
  • Crystal transparent jam pot covers with wax tissues, title labels and recipe slips : 2 lb. size.
  • French female figure modelled in wax, parts removed to show the foetus and the structures beneath the stomach
  • The figure of an old woman, small carving in wax. Has been described as thew figure of a witch.
  • A wax model of the brain and head (figs 1-2) by F. La Croix after G. Duverney and a wax model of a section of the brain made by Russel, "chirurgien major des Gardes-du-corp" (fig. 3) Engraving by Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.
  • Wax model of the female generative organs, by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections by Faget. Engraving, 1749.
  • Anatomical figure in wax. "Flayed" type to show structure immediately below the skin. Attributed to Anna Morandi Mazzolini of Bologna