birthplace village Saint-Aubin-d'Écrosville (Eure, France). The number of workers grew and by 1868, more than eighty men and women were employed to produce hundred of pieces sold worldwide each year. A shop was also opened 8 rue du Paon in Paris in 1833, that would ship sales in France and other countries. When Louis Auzoux died in 1880, his clastic anatomical models were internationally known and his society prosperous. The competition and multiplication of other kinds of teaching aids for the study of anatomy (photography, video, digital models, plastination...) led the Auzoux firm to turn to other materials, like cheaper resin models in the 1980s, then close in the early 2000s. The Musée de l'Ecorché opened in nearby Le Neubourg (Eure, France) with a collection of production tools and models salvaged from the closing factory, and the input of former workers on techniques used. The personal archives of Dr Louis Auzoux are kept in the French national archives (Archives nationales) under shelf number 242AP. Models The Powerhouse Museum (Sydney, Australia) holds a number of his models: including a model of Atropa belladona, and of a dock flower. Works and publications 'Anatomie clastique du Dr Auzoux: tableau synoptique du cheval', Éditeur : l'auteur (Paris), 1845, 1 vol. (52 p.) ; in-8, disponible sur Gallica. 'Leçons élémentaires d'anatomie et de physiologie humaine et comparée' (2e édition), Labé (Paris), J. Dumaine (Paris), 1858, 1 vol. (XV-448 p.) ; in-8, disponible sur Gallica. References Grob, B.W.J., 'The anatomical models of Louis Auzoux', in 'A descriptive catalogue', Colophon, Museum Boerhaave Communication 305, Leiden, Germany, 2004 Bart Grob, Elizabet Nijhoff Asser and E. Manú Giaccone, 2008 Papieren anatomie : de wonderschone papier-machémodellen van dokter Auzoux Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2008. Christophe Degueurce, 'Corps de papier : l’anatomie en papier mâché du docteur Auzoux', Paris, editions de La Martinière, 2012 External links Whipple collection Regis Olry, 2000 Wax, Wooden, Ivory, Cardboard, Bronze, Fabric, Plaster, Rubber and PlasticAnatomical Models: Praiseworthy Precursors of Plastinated Specimens J Int Soc Plastination Vol 15, No 1: 30-35, 2000 Guillaume Charles Ruiz, 2010 'Les Modèles en Papier Maché du Docteur Auzoux au Musée de L'Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort'. Thesis for veterinary diploma Examples of Auzoux models from Phisick French naturalists 1880 deaths 1797 births Model makers People from Eure French industrialists Paper artists Papier-mâché