ABSTRACT In the mid nineteenth century there were several travelling collections of anatomical waxworks in England. Their stated aim was to educate the public, especially women, about health, particularly reproductive health, to which end their proprietors gave demonstrations, sold pamphlets, and in some cases practised medicine. Most large population centres on the railway network played host to a museum and the total number of visitors is estimated at over a million. Despite a lack of complaints from the public, there was opposition from the magistrates which resulted in a series of prosecutions on charges of obscenity. Owing to their impermanence and their reputation as indecent exhibitions, these itinerant anatomy museums all but disappeared from cultural histories of nineteenth-century England. They were, however, sufficiently successful in engaging with audiences that they briefly challenged the monopoly that the medical profession — newly unified under the Medical Act — exercised over the study of anatomy.

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审判中的解剖学：19 世纪中叶英格兰的流动解剖学博物馆

摘要 在 19 世纪中叶，英国有几个解剖蜡像的巡回收藏。他们宣称的目标是教育公众，尤其是妇女，了解健康，尤其是生殖健康，为此，他们的所有者进行示范、出售小册子，并在某些情况下进行医学实践。铁路网络上的大多数大型人口中心都设有博物馆，游客总数估计超过一百万。尽管没有公众投诉，但裁判官反对，导致以淫秽罪名提出一系列检控。由于它们的无常性和不雅展览的声誉，这些流动的解剖博物馆几乎从 19 世纪英国的文化历史中消失了。然而，他们