title: [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe--a determined advocate of wax anatomical models].
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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Marburg, BRD.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schnalke
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008953:Models, Anatomic
vernacular_title: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe--ein entschiedener Fürsprecher anatomischer Wachsmodelle.