MODEL, ANATOMICAL

Description: BOX IS RECTANGULAR WITH LIGHT FINISH TO WOOD AND STEEL HINGES ON BACK. BOX HAS PLAIN BRASS HANDLES ON ENDS AND BOTTOM HALF OF BRASS CLOSURE ON FRONT. ON TOP OF LID IS EMBOSSED GOLD AND BLACK LABEL WHICH READS "DENOYER-GEPPERT CO. MODELS-CHARTS-SKELETONS-SLIDES CHICAGO MADE IN U.S.A.". FINISH ON WOOD IS SCRATCHES AND SLIGHTLY WORN. BOX IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS BY CORK-WOOD AND WOOD DIVIDERS. ALSO HAS 54.5 X 16 X 10.5CM WOOD TRAY WHICH CAN BE REMOVED AND SITS IN LARGEST SECTION OF BOX. EACH SECTION OF BOX AND TRAY HAS BOTTOM LINED WITH GREY QUILTED FABRIC. CONTENTS OF BOX AND SMALLER TRAY ARE 125 HUMAN BONES AND FRAGMENTS, SOME IN WHITE COTTON BAGS OR RECYCLED FILM BOX. ALL BONES ARE VERY FRAGILE. HAND WRITTEN ON INSIDE OF LID IS "OPEN PARCELS CAREFULLY S.M.B." AND "HANDLE VERY CAREFULLY. THESE BONES ARE VERY EASILY BROKEN AND VERY EXPENSIVE. CONSIDER OUR SUCESSORS THANK YOU S.M.B. JAN. 5/1953".

History: TEACHING SKELETON WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. *NOTE* 134 PCES COUNTED SUMMER 2004.