A cabinet of curiosities was an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were yet to be defined. They were also known by various names such as Cabinet of Wonder, and in German Kunstkammer ("art-room") or Wunderkammer ("wonder-room"). Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities.
Anatomical teaching model of a pregnant woman, around 1680. Source link here.
Chinese Medicine Dolls. Medicine dolls were used by doctors in ancient China. They were not allowed to touch their modest female patients. The women were given a pointer stick and they showed the doctor where they were hurt by pointing at the medicine doll. Then the doctor would prescribe the correct herbs or medicine to cure her ailment
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