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In early 20th-century Montreal, women with pencils and paintbrushes mapped the human body—and their own place within medicine. Trained in medical illustration, they turned observation into art and art into understanding. Their work transformed how medicine was taught and seen, even as they fought for recognition in a world ruled by men. This exhibit celebrates their talent, courage, and lasting influence.
Black and white sketch of a spinal column with a separated vertebra next to it. In the bottom right corner, there is a stylized signature by Pauline Larivière, 1941.
Black and white comic strip in English titled, Dick Tracy: Plastered, A Moulage, Facsimile. Contains 12 cells of two men taking a plaster cast of a third man's face.
Colour photo of a medical moulage of a man's face with a red sore on his cheek, mounted on a black board.
Colour photo of a medical moulage of a lumpy scalp mounted on a black board.
Black and white photo of a woman painting a moulage of a face. Various other medical moulages are sitting on the table in front of her, including more faces, a hand and ears.
Black and white image of a medical artist using a paint brush to paint eyebrows on two medical moulages of male heads.
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a lab coat in a laboratory, displaying an open book of medical illustrations.
Black and white newspaper article in English titled, Picture That, featuring women creating medical moulages and taking a cast of a woman's face.
Colour photo of a wax model of a naked woman, standing with arms splayed open.
Colour photo of a wax model of a naked woman, standing with arms splayed open.
Black and white illustration of a knee joint, consisting of three images; one illustration of the whole knee joint and two close-up illustrations of pieces of the joint.
Black and white illustration of a heart, cut in half and splayed open.
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