Museum and Historical Library of Biomedicine - BIOMED

c/o Ospedale Maggiore - Via A. Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma
tel. +39 0521 033143 - +39 0521 033132 - +39 0521 033032

Scientific Director: Roberto Toni

Technical support: Davide Dallatana

Photography: Luca Gilli

Web site: Damiano Dallatana

Latest News

From October 14^th to December 17^th: "The fabric of the Bodies, from anatomy to robotics", exhibition in Parma (Italy), at Palazzo del Governatore. Visit the exhibition website

October 19^th 2017: Roberta Ballestriero gives a lecture on scientific ceroplastic and artificial anatomy in Parma, Palazzo del Governatore, during the exhibition The fabric of the Bodies, from anatomy to robotics - for more information click here (Italian lang. only)

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Anatomical wax casting at Parma University from the 17^th to the 19^th century: Andrea Corsi and the influence of Clemente Susini and Paolo Mascagni
The "ORGANOGENESIS" project: a hypertextual atlas of morphology and regional anatomy of human development
The "Lorenzo Tenchini" collection of the 19^th century: bones, mummified specimens and wax masks ("moulages") in the spirit of forensic anthropometry by Cesare Lombroso
The "MORPHENDO" project: history and art at the intersection between morphology and endocrinology (in collaboration with the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts Medical Center - Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA, Director: Ronald M Lechan)
The "Ottaviani-Azzali" collection of the 20^th century: anatomical wax modelling of the lymphatic system on an ultrastructural basis