[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe--the first promoter of dermatovenerologic moulage art].
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Dermatological wax moulages were often used as clinical teaching models well into the 1930s. Their didactic possibilities and their historical development in the German-speaking area are described. The extensive collection of such moulages in Würzburg is currently being reviewed and is presented here as an example of a moulage collection typical for those formerly used in this country. Several moulages by wax modellers whose work is represented in the collection are illustrated in detail.
Dermatological moulages rapidly lost their importance during the 1950s. The disadvantages of the classical moulage materials, plaster of Paris and wax, are pointed out. In the 1960s and 1970s modern plastics were introduced to moulage technology at the Linden Dermatological Clinic in Hannover. Silicon-caoutchouc and Vestolit-PVC were the substances used. This paper describes how the Hannover collection of plastic models was assembled and presents its current status. Wax and plastic models are set against each other in the illustrations.