About This Item
Title
Wax model of Madame Dimanche
Subject
Cornu Cutaneum
Models, Anatomic
Moulages
Description
Wax model of a human horn (cornu cutaneum). Successfully removed after six-years growth from Madame Dimanche, a Parisian widow, in the early 19th century. From the original collection of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter (1811-1859).
Title supplied by cataloger
Creator
Numen, Evi, photographer
Source
Mütter Museum 6002
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
ca 1850
Contributor
Thomas Dent Mütter, M.D., Donor
Relation
Type
StillImage
Identifier
mmdimanche2
Coverage
19th Century
Citation
Numen, Evi, photographer, “Wax model of Madame Dimanche,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 4, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4401.