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Somatotype: Classification of human body types based on physical build and proportions

Colour photo of a wax model of a naked woman, standing with arms splayed open.

Museum of Health Care at Kingston, Item 996003135

Wax moulage of a somatotype of a woman with Turner’s Syndrome by Marjorie Winslow, c.1946. Winslow’s obstetrical and gynecological wax models are preserved at the Museum of Health Care at Kingston. Her somatotypes were primarily created in Montreal.