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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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How Did a Woman of This Era Get Into Wax?

Maurice grossholtz was a German wax artist who died in 1761. Her mother worked as the housekeeper for a young doctor named philip courtius. He made anatomical waxes, which were also kind erotic an a way. They were usually these young women waxes that had parts you could unfold and then look at their inner organs.

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