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One of four digital photographs (with 77-300_2_11b.jpg, 77-300_2_11c.jpg, and 77-300_2_11d.jpg) of a collection of plaster and wax casts of facial, head and hand deformities. This image shows three groups of casts, two of ear deformities and one of a hand deformity.
A collection of plaster and wax casts of facial, head and hand deformities, donated by Adalbert G. Bettman, M.D., in January 1963. All casts are mounted onto pressboard measuring 20 x 20 x 3 cm, and some are edged in twisted silk cording. The set includes: 1) three plaster molds of ear deformities, 2) two wax molds of a childs hand deformity, left and right hands, 3) two wax molds of a male adults ear deformity with mounted photographs of the patient before and after surgery, 4) three wax molds of an adults lower lip deformity in various stages of reconstruction, and 5) one wax mold of an adult female, full face, without explanatory caption. The casts are generally in fair condition, with some soiling and chipping.
Medical Museum Collection, Boxes 45 and 46
ca. 1930
A collection of plaster and wax casts of facial, head and hand deformities, donated by Adalbert G. Bettman, M.D., in January 1963. All casts are mounted onto pressboard measuring 20 x 20 x 3 cm, and some are edged in twisted silk cording. The set includes: 1) three plaster molds of ear deformities, 2) two wax molds of a childs hand deformity, left and right hands, 3) two wax molds of a male adults ear deformity with mounted photographs of the patient before and after surgery, 4) three wax molds of an adults lower lip deformity in various stages of reconstruction, and 5) one wax mold of an adult female, full face, without explanatory caption. The casts are generally in fair condition, with some soiling and chipping.
Medical Museum Collection, Boxes 45 and 46
ca. 1930
