Cow Pieces
Andrew Gardenier, The Successful Stockman and Manual of Husbandry. Springfield, Mass.: The King Richardson Co., 1899. (SpColl: 636 G2187)
Here are some images from a manikin (OED, see definition c, although perhaps the preferable term would be ‘cowikin’ or ‘bovikin’) inserted into a nineteenth-century husbandry manual:
Note that the final illustration above (Digestive Apparatus) includes separate fold-out pieces to better illustrate the bovine digestive system.
Tags: animals, conservation & land use, cows, illustration
July 7th, 2008 at 8:49 am
manikin 3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching. which is an accurate word for the actual image, but not the entire book. A book with devices that are manipulated by the person is a mechanical book, a book with devices that are manipulated by the act of opening the pages, is a pop up book. but I do ADORE you cowikin.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Thanks for pointing that out; I should have been clearer that I was just referring to the mechanical portion of the book. In this case, the two manikins (there is another representing a horse) are set apart by divisional title pages describing each as a manikin specially prepared for the book. That was my first experience with the term.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I have the same (I think) cowikin (plus the horse and fetlock) but in a different book.
Mine’s in the salesman’s dummy of the Hand-Book of Ready Reference, edited by Andrew A. Gardenier 1897
http://hangfirebooks.blogspot.com/2007/07/paper-engineering-manikins.html
I also have Minder’s Anatomical Manikin of the Human Body with approx 18″ tall male and female manikans. Some of the paper bits need repair but I haven’t gotten to them yet.
I’m obsessed with these things and I want to find all of them.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Wow, thanks for pointing that out. We’ll have to look into purchasing a copy to compare. They really are fascinating.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Beautiful, it’s hard to believe those were done in 1899.