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Nature 455, 172 (11 September 2008) | doi:10.1038/455172a; Published online 10 September 2008
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Hidden treasures: the moulage museum in Zurich
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Medical students still learn about skin diseases from hundreds of wax models that also record early cancer research and the ravages of syphilis, reports Alison Abbott.
The last moulageuse produced her final work in 1963. Elsbeth Stoiber, creator of wax models at the University Hospital in Zurich, fought against a waning interest in her art when colour photography became cheap in the 1950s.
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