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The History and Legacy of Ivory Anatomical Manikins

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Cali Buckley
Trent History of Medicine Lecture Series

Ivory anatomical models comprise a little-known set of objects that were popular with male doctors of the late 17th- and 18th-centuries. Their narrative is currently being revised in light of a history of questionable assumptions. Though small and largely inaccurate, the story of anatomical manikins reveals how the politics of medicine impresses meaning on medical objects - often transcending the needs of the scientific community. Ms. Buckley will present on her current hypotheses as well as the process by which medical objects can be examined according to social history, connoisseurship, and material culture.

Type: LECTURE/TALK
Contact: Rachel Ingold