<P> Medical simulation mannequins, models or related artefacts such as SimMan, the Transparent Anatomical Manikin or Harvey are widely used in medical education . These are sometimes also referred to as virtual patients . The term manikin refers exclusively to these types of models, though mannequin is often also used . </P> <P> In first aid courses manikins may be used to demonstrate methods of giving first aid (e.g., resuscitation). Fire and coastguard services use mannequins to practice life - saving procedures . The mannequins have similar weight distribution to a human . Special obese mannequins and horse mannequins have also been made for similar purposes . </P> <P> Mannequins were a frequent motif in the works many early 20th - century artists, notably the Metaphysical painters Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio, and Carlo Carrà . Shop windows displaying mannequins were a frequent photographic subject for Eugene Atget . </P> <P> The Twilight Zone episode "The After Hours" involves mannequins taking turns living in the real world as people . </P>

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