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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne disarticulated or exploded human skull, France, 19th Century
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne disarticulated or exploded human skull, France, 19th Century
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Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne disarticulated or exploded human skull, France

19th Century
Bone
24 x 21 x 18 cm
9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/8 in
20101
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Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780, Île-de-France – 1830, Paris), was a French physician, surgeon and anatomist. He was Chief of l'hopital Saint-Antoine Paris, the Deputy Chief of Anatomical Works of the Faculté de Médecine de Paris (both part of the University of France) and deputy head surgeon at Saint-Antoine. He was a member of the Société Anatomique de Paris and a Member of l'Academie de Médecine d'Île-de-France as well being the personal physician of Louis XVIII and the surgeon of Charles X He is buried in Père-Lachaise Cemetery.Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne was the inventor of the disarticulated or exploded human skull used for medical teaching, known as the Beauchêne skull. The skull bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports. The bones are attached to the brass rods by rivets and the assembly is mounted on independent adjustable and modular brass rods which allow the jaw to advance and the top of the skull to be tilted back. Dentition is revealed with dissection of the left cortical bone showing the dental roots and with the nerve branches pigmented in red. One manufacturer was Maison Tramond, 9, rue de l'ecole de Medicine, Paris. The skulls were supplied by the medical school.

Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780, Île-de-France - 1830, Paris), était un médecin, chirurgien et anatomiste français. Il était chef de l'hôpital Saint-Antoine à Paris, adjoint des travaux anatomiques de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris (tous deux faisant partie de l'Université de France) et chirurgien adjoint à Saint-Antoine. Il était membre de la Société Anatomique de Paris et membre de l'Académie de Médecine d'Île-de-France, ainsi que médecin personnel de Louis XVIII et chirurgien de Charles X. Il est enterré au cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne était l'inventeur du crâne humain désarticulé ou explosé utilisé pour l'enseignement médical, connu sous le nom de crâne de Beauchêne. Les os du crâne sont désarticulés le long des sutures et montés à distance sur des supports en laiton. Les os sont fixés aux tiges en laiton par des rivets et l'ensemble est monté sur des tiges en laiton indépendantes, réglables et modulables qui permettent à la mâchoire de se déplacer et au sommet du crâne de s'incliner vers l'arrière. La dentition est révélée grâce à la dissection de l'os cortical gauche montrant les racines dentaires et les branches nerveuses pigmentées en rouge. Un fabricant était la Maison Tramond, 9, rue de l'École de Médecine, à Paris. Les crânes étaient fournis par l'école de médecine.
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Collection Palmer Hudson, Curio Museum, Newquay (UK)
Belgian Private Collection
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