Wax model (moulage) of condylomata in pregnancy; the model is made of oil-painted beeswax with talc, built up on a plywood board with gauze around the edges; the model shows the major and minor labia of a vulva with the red warty growths of condylomata acuminata; the model is accompanied by a descr…
Wax model (moulage) of condylomata in pregnancy; the model is made of oil-painted beeswax with talc, built up on a plywood board with gauze around the edges; the model shows the major and minor labia of a vulva with the red warty growths of condylomata acuminata; the model is accompanied by a descriptive label which lists typed information on paper about the condition seen in the wax model; the information is framed by a cardboard mat; the model is painted to depict true colour
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - model
b - label
Provenance
Models made by Marjorie Winslow; they were commissioned as teaching aids by Dr. Robertson of the Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine, who also helped with the anatomical details.
Printed on label: "Condylomata in Pregnancy // Condylomata Acuminata involving the major and minor labia is // depicted. Condylomata of the perineum, vulva and vagina of this // size are seen in pregnant women with profuse vaginal discharge. // This patient is 23 years of age and is 8 months pregnant. She // had complained of small itching warts of the vulva for some weeks. // The treatment in this case was by incision by surgical diathermy. // The raw bases of the massive condylomata healed except for two // small areas, before term. // Condylomata Acuminata are exuberant warty growths. They grow // very fast during the increased vascularity stage of pregnancy. // Microscopically, these papillomatous growths are tree-like in // structure. They have a core of vascular connective tissue // infiltrated with inflammatory cells and stratified squamous epi- // thelium covers the surface. After pregnancy or in the non-preg- // nant state, small condylomata are treated by radium application."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F6-3
Length
20.8 cm
Width
17.3 cm
Depth
7.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Above dimensions are for model (part a); Label (part b) dimensions are 17.3 cm x 15.0 cm
Condition Remarks
April 2023 - no change from previous condition
(undated condition report) - The model shows no chips, cracks or breaks in the wax; the surface has four small impact marks which have marred it; the paper and cardboard are brittle and acidic; there are no missing sections or tears; the typing is fully legible
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Article
Museum website
Reference Comments
Andrea Terry, “The Malleability of Meaning: Marjorie Winslow’s Moulages and Twentieth-Century Moulage Production in Canada,” The Museum of Health Care at Kingston, 2007. https://issuu.com/museumofhealthcare/docs/terry__2007_
Brockville Museum Collection, “Doll – 984.100.01,” accessed June 7th, 2022. http://brockville.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/COLLECTIONS/WEB_DETAIL_REP/SISN%20536?sessionsearch
Research Facts
Marjorie Winslow was by no means only a wax sculptor, but created art, medical and otherwise, in many different mediums. She was born in Montreal in 1907, and studied there at the Museum of Fine Arts and L’École des Beaux Arts. She lived in Kingston with her husband from 1939 to 1946, and helped with art classes at Queen’s University. She learned moulage from an artist brought from Johns Hopkins by Dr. Robertson, and would attend operations at Kingston General Hospital, reproducing what she had seen there from memory and working with Dr. Robertson to get the proportions and colours just right. She later moved back to Montreal and worked as an artist with famous neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield, helping map the human brain as he explored it. Later in life, Winslow lived in Brockville, Ontario, and upon her death in 1998, the Friends of the Brockville Museum mounted an art show to celebrate her life and work, featuring pieces of art borrowed from several people in the town who owned some of her work. In addition to her moulages at the Museum of Health Care, some of her Christmas cards are housed in the collections of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.