Plaster model of torso and head, showing partial dissection

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These highly detailed models, crafted by skilled artisan Franz Josef Steger and anatomist Carl Ernst Bock at the University of Leipzig in Germany during the late 19th or early 20th century, were widely used across Europe for teaching anatomy. Commercializing a once-niche industry, their creators made these precise replicas available for purchase through trade catalogues.