Sex Ed and Anatomical Waxes

Jan 04, 2008 00:59

Don't ask how I find these things:

This image from Wikipedia shows that every generation looks back on the previous as being more pure, innocent and virtuous than the current "debauched" one. Imagine, women daring to understand where babies come from, the nerve! The women are viewing anatomical waxes, which were of a high quality in the 18th century and were used as teaching devices because corpses were not readily available for dissection.

If you've a taste for the morbid, you can view some surviving anatomical waxes at these links (Warning: not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach):
here
here
and here
Visit the anatomical waxes near you!

sex and prostitution, health and medicine

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