100-year-old wax head/bust of a man showing its age.
 
What is said to be the largest collection of anatomical wax figures to ever be on public display, including a life-sized version of horrific German serial killer Friedrich Heinrich Karl “Fritz” Haarmann (called the “Vampire of Hanover” and “the Wolf Man” due to penchant for sawing through his unfortunate victims throats with his teeth), can be seen at Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Museum.
 

The wax feet and legs of German serial killer Friedrich Heinrich Karl “Fritz” Haarmann and pieces of his victims.
 

“Moulages” (the casting and molding of “mock” injuries for training/instructional purposes) of patients with lupus and leprosy.
 

A female anatomical figure displaying the effects of wearing tight corseting.
 

A case of wax disembodied male heads in varying in age and decay.
 
The exhibit, “House of Wax” (that sadly does not include Vincent Price) runs through May 30th, includes wax anatomical curiosities and figures that were originally showcased at Castan’s Berlin-based Panopticum from 1869 - 1922. The show’s inhabitants, which have never been exhibited in the United States until now, are occasionally displayed with the disembodied hands of the physicians that performed early versions of eye surgery or procedures related to childbirth. A super creepy touch if you ask me. More info on the exhibit and visiting the Morbid Anatomy Museum can be found here.
 

Anatomical wax figure of a “Venus” with its abdomen held open with disembodied physicians hands.
 

Wax anatomical sculpture of a “troubled” childbirth.
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Wax bust of a child suffering from diphtheria.
 

Wax face/head/bust of a man with stitches in his tongue.
 

The death mask of King Charles XII of Sweden.
 

Wax head/bust of an eye surgery patient and the disembodied hands of her surgeon.
 

Wax “Venus” anatomical figures.
 

Unusual wax bust of an upper-class woman.
 
H/T: Atlas Obscura

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Anatomical illustrations of Japanese folk monsters