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ca. 1930
One of four digital photographs (with 77-300_3_12b.jpg, 77-300_3_12c.jpg, and 77-300_3_12d.jpg) of a collection of plaster and wax casts of facial deformities. This image shows three wax molds: a set of two showing before and after chin surgery, one of a nose deformity, and a set of three showing lip deformities.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 46
A collection of plaster and wax casts of facial deformities, donated by Adalbert G. Bettman, M.D., in January 1963. All of the molds are mounted on pressboard measuring 20 x 20 x 3cm, which is edged in twisted silk cording. The set includes: 1) wax mold of mouth deformity, with upper lip missing, 2) three wax molds of a lip deformity, 3) two wax casts showing before and after surgery on the chin, 4) plaster mold of a forehead with large indentation between eyebrows, 5) two plaster casts showing before and after surgery on a nose, 6) plaster cast of a broken nose, 7) wax mold of a deformed nose, with a raised nostril and gash across bridge, 8) facial cast of a nose deformity, labelled "after second operation...", 9) wax cast of a broken nose, with indentation down the ridge, 10) plaster cast showing a pug nose, or "saddle nose," caused by congenital syphilis, 11) wax cast of a scar below the root of the nose, and 12) plaster cast of an exaggerated septum, or "potation." The casts are generally in fair condition, with some soiling and chipping.
One of four digital photographs (with 77-300_3_12b.jpg, 77-300_3_12c.jpg, and 77-300_3_12d.jpg) of a collection of plaster and wax casts of facial deformities. This image shows three wax molds: a set of two showing before and after chin surgery, one of a nose deformity, and a set of three showing lip deformities.
Medical Museum Collection, Box 46
A collection of plaster and wax casts of facial deformities, donated by Adalbert G. Bettman, M.D., in January 1963. All of the molds are mounted on pressboard measuring 20 x 20 x 3cm, which is edged in twisted silk cording. The set includes: 1) wax mold of mouth deformity, with upper lip missing, 2) three wax molds of a lip deformity, 3) two wax casts showing before and after surgery on the chin, 4) plaster mold of a forehead with large indentation between eyebrows, 5) two plaster casts showing before and after surgery on a nose, 6) plaster cast of a broken nose, 7) wax mold of a deformed nose, with a raised nostril and gash across bridge, 8) facial cast of a nose deformity, labelled "after second operation...", 9) wax cast of a broken nose, with indentation down the ridge, 10) plaster cast showing a pug nose, or "saddle nose," caused by congenital syphilis, 11) wax cast of a scar below the root of the nose, and 12) plaster cast of an exaggerated septum, or "potation." The casts are generally in fair condition, with some soiling and chipping.
