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https://www.museemedecine.be/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg526789[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] An evolution in anatomical waxes In the 19th century, anatomical waxes, initially used for medical teaching, became a valuable tool for ethnology. Museums and anthropologists commissioned wax busts representing the peoples of the world, seeking to document human diversity according to the scientific criteria of the time. This bust of Botocudo, produced with…