Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, UMG, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Professur für Materialität des Wissens, Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Cells Tissues Organs. 2021;210(5-6):311-325. doi: 10.1159/000518247. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
The "Blechschmidt Collection of Human Embryos" housed at the Anatomical Institute of Göttingen University (Germany) is an important historical collection of human embryo specimens whose history dates back up to the mid-1940s. It is named after its founder Prof. Erich Blechschmidt (1904-1992). A 2-year research project was conducted from 2017 to 2019 with the aim of clarifying the provenience of the human embryo specimens collected by Blechschmidt. This project not only has provided information on the origin of the specimens but, additionally, led to the discovery of photographic documents illustrating the process by which Blechschmidt built the enlarged 3-dimensional replicas of human embryos that are shown in a dedicated exhibition hall in the basement of the Anatomical Institute. Here, we report on an embryo from the Blechschmidt collection whose biography as a microscopical specimen as well as a source for objects of Blechschmidt's collection of 3-dimensional replicas of human embryos is documented by letters, lab-books, and photographs. Our report is complemented by a short historical review on the production and usage of enlarged 3-dimensional replicas in research on the anatomy of human embryo.
德国哥廷根大学解剖学研究所收藏的“布莱希施密特人类胚胎收藏”是一个重要的人类胚胎标本历史收藏，其历史可以追溯到 20 世纪 40 年代中期。它以其创始人埃里希·布莱希施密特教授（1904-1992 年）的名字命名。一个为期两年的研究项目于 2017 年至 2019 年进行，旨在澄清布莱希施密特收集的人类胚胎标本的出处。该项目不仅提供了有关标本来源的信息，而且还发现了一些照片文件，这些文件说明了布莱希施密特制作人类胚胎放大三维复制品的过程，这些复制品在解剖学研究所地下室的一个专门展厅中展出。在这里，我们报告了一个来自布莱希施密特收藏的胚胎，其作为显微镜标本的传记以及作为布莱希施密特的人类胚胎三维复制品收藏的来源的传记，都记录在信件、实验室笔记本和照片中。我们的报告还附有一个简短的历史回顾，介绍了在人类胚胎解剖学研究中放大三维复制品的制作和使用。
