Historical information

Originally this teaching model belonged to Prince Henry's hospitla library and was transferred to the Monash Medical Centre, Clayton in the 1970s by Sister Gertrude Berger, a famous nurse-educator, who is best known for her work leading up to the transfer of nursing education in Victoria from hospitals to universities in 1986.Gerty (as she was known in the School of Nursing) bought them in Europe in the late 1940s and early 1950s .
Has labels on base of stand. "Model 6A Female Pelvis on Stnd". AU 618.1/ 01 Female

Physical description

Model of female uterus with partial cross-section, vagina, fillopian tubes and ovaries. Painted plaster with label "AV618.1 / 01 Female".