George Dexter, ‘Preface’, in Catalogue of Anatomical Models Made by Dr. Auzoux, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Paris, and for Sale by George Dexter

The study of Anatomy, which heretofore could only be successfully pursued by direct contact with the recent subject, and which consequently became an object of disgust to most persons, particularly the non-professional student, can, since the introduction of these admirable preparations of Dr. Auzoux, be made a most attractive and delightful pursuit. Divested as this subject can now be of all offensive associations, the anxious and ardent inquirer into the nature of physical man, may now be gratified without subjecting his sensibilities to the repulsive scenes of the dissecting room.