AMERICAN FROHSE ANATOMICAL CHART, CIRCULATORY

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c. 1920 - 1960

Overview

Large framed biology paper wall chart on cloth backing in oak natural timber frame with acrylic cover.

The chart features two near-life size depictions of the human nervous and circulatory systems viewed with the body front on.

The left view illustrates the nervous system. The right view illustrates the circulatory system. In both figures the body is dramatically depicted with striking detail. The various nerves are labelled with reference numbers which corresponded with a chart key for identification. The key is not included.

The colours are exaggerated to make them clearer for teaching and diagnosing purposes.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-48-OB2020.41

Item type

Objects

Themes

Medicine & Health

Material

Paper

Width

1030 mm

Height or length

1570 mm

Depth

2 mm

Inscriptions and markings

A printed title at the top centre reads:

'American Frohse Anatomical Charts
Edited, Revised and Augmented by Max Brodel'.

At the top left a rectangular piece of paper has been glued to the chart with printed lettering:
'...Adam, Rouilly & Co, Ltd
Human Ostology, Anatomy...
18, Fitzroy Street
Fitzroy Square
London W1
Telephone: Museum 2793'.

Printed lettering at the top right reads: 'Plate No. 3'

Contextual Information

Anatomical charts were used at Royal Perth Hospital for teaching anatomy to medical and nursing students. They were also used for patient education and as a reference for practitioners.

The chart was saved from being discarded when Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital closed in October 2014 and services were redirected to Fiona Stanley Hospital. It had deteriorated due to its age and many years of being handled and rolled for storage. The chart was conserved and framed with the generous support of the RPH Heritage Society in 2021.

Place made

Publisher: Adam, Rouilly and Company Ltd.

Year

c. 1920 - 1960

Statement of significance

This item is significant for its historic and scientific value. It is a rare example of a medical educational resource used at RPH c1920-1960 for teaching anatomy to medical and nursing students. Past nursing staff remember it being used in nursing lectures at the Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital in the early 1960s. It has interpretive capacity for communicating the role of RPH as a major teaching hospital. It has aesthetic value and is well provenanced.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Public Location

RPH Heritage Society Office

Royal Perth Hospital Museum

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