University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Careggi Teaching Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Pol J Pathol. 2021;72(4):346-352. doi: 10.5114/pjp.2021.114182.
Wax models of normal and diseased organs were formerly essential medical teaching tools. The ceroplastic heart models from two 19th century pathology museums at the Universities of Florence (n = 8) and Coimbra (n = 10) were analysed. The Florentine collection comprised congenital malformations as well as infectious and inflammatory disorders. The Coimbra waxworks included congenital defects, cardiac hypertrophy and dilation, valvular pathology and cardiac adiposity. This study focuses on heart diseases and teaching resources in European university hospitals during the 19th century. It also highlights the importance of wax models in medical education both then and today, in an era of informatics and digital photography.
以前，正常和患病器官的蜡模是重要的医学教学工具。分析了来自佛罗伦萨大学（n = 8）和科英布拉大学（n = 10）两个 19 世纪病理学博物馆的蜡塑心脏模型。佛罗伦萨藏品包括先天性畸形以及传染病和炎症性疾病。科英布拉的蜡制品包括先天性缺陷、心脏肥大和扩张、瓣膜病理和心脏脂肪过多。本研究侧重于 19 世纪欧洲大学医院的心脏病和教学资源。它还强调了在信息学和数字摄影时代，蜡模在医学教育中的重要性，无论是当时还是现在。
