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[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe--a determined advocate of wax anatomical models]
1Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Marburg, BRD.
Abstract:
The promotion of the wax anatomical model by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is described. Various passages out of his late novel "Wilhelm Meisters Travels or the Renunciants" and written in a personal letter dated the 4th February 1832 are cited to prove his concern.