title: Werther's collection of medical moulages.
abstract: Moulages are individualized wax models that were very popular as teaching aids in medicine during the 19thand until the first half of the 20thcentury. After a period of decline, moulages have become a subject of interest again in more recent times since they represent unique artifacts of art, craftsmanship, and medical history. Werther's collection at Dresden-Friedrichstadt Hospital was one of the most important in Dresden-the capital of Saxony-during the period before World War II. Some relicts have survived and have been restored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Friedrichstraße 41, 01067, Dresden, Germany. wollina-uw@khdf.de.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Friedrichstraße 41, 01067, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Gesina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hansel
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Katlein
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: França
authors.affiliation: Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa, Guglielmo Marconi University, Via Plinio, 44, 00193, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Torello
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lotti
authors.affiliation: Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa, Guglielmo Marconi University, Via Plinio, 44, 00193, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Roccia
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Physics, Subnuclear and Radiation, Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa, Guglielmo Marconi University, Via Plinio, 44, 00193, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fioranelli
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000266:history*; D008953:Models, Anatomic
keywords: Dresden-Friedrichstadt; E. Kürschner-Ziegfeld; Fritz Kolbow; Johannes Werther; Moulages; Wax models