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A Documentary Unravels the Danger of Being Black and Pregnant in the US

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Aftershock, directed by Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt, explains the disproportionate rate of Black maternal mortality in the US.

Posted inArt

Art Classes Are Helping Transform Medical Education

Avatar photo by Anne Wallentine January 23, 2022January 21, 2022

Classes like Anne Willieme’s are part of the burgeoning field of medical humanities, which aims to tackle the disciplinary divide between art and science.

Posted inNews

The Archive of Healing, a Trove of Medicinal Folklore, Is Now Online

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of entries describe cures, rituals, and healing methods spanning two centuries, with a focus on protecting Indigenous knowledge.

Posted inBooks

Drug Culture: Picturing Pharmaceuticals Since 1850

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 8, 2017December 22, 2017

PhotoRx: Pharmacy in Photography Since 1850 explores a pharmaceutical company’s collection of art on drugs.

Posted inBooks

The Dynamic Brain Drawings of the Father of Modern Neuroscience

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 15, 2017October 15, 2022

A publication from Abrams Books and a traveling exhibit currently at the Weisman Art Museum highlight the medical illustrations of Santiago Ramón y Cajal.

Posted inArt

When Dissection Was a Criminal Punishment Worse Than Death

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 7, 2017August 3, 2021

Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse is an online exhibition that unearths the macabre history of anatomy and criminal punishment.

Posted inArt

Responding to Human Remains with Crocheted Skeletons and Beaded Organs

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 15, 2017

Sabrina Small and Caitlin McCormack explore the life and decay of the human body in sculptural fiber art at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.

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An Opera Revisits the Grisly Public Dissections of the 18th Century

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 11, 2017January 11, 2017

An anatomical theater and its dissected murderess are the subjects of a bloody opera on the physical nature of evil.

Posted inArt

An Unlikely East-West Collaboration in 1830s Portraits of Tumor Patients

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 13, 2016September 15, 2016

Guangzhou, then called Canton by Westerners, was the only Chinese port open to foreign trading until the Opium Wars of the 19th century, and it became a rare hub of direct interactions between the two cultures. One of these resulted in a surprisingly moving series of paintings portraying bodies disfigured by tumors.

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Human Anatomy as Portrayed in Woodblocks of 19th-Century Kabuki Actors

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 9, 2016August 9, 2016

The opening of Japan in the 19th century after its isolationist Edo period caused an influx of foreign influence, including Western approaches to medicine.

Posted inArt

Creating a Skeletal Symmetry from a 19th-Century Collection of Imperfect Skulls

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 21, 2016July 21, 2016

Robbers, prostitutes, and fallen tightrope walkers: the craniums in the Hyrtl Skull Collection in the Mütter Museum at College of Physicians of Philadelphia are fractured remains of imperfect lives.

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The 18th-Century Anatomist Who Celebrated Life with Dioramas of Death

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 8, 2016August 3, 2021

Like his anatomist peers, 18th-century Dutch scientist Frederik Ruysch preserved human and animal specimens for study, either dried or in jars.

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