Week 4: Medicine + Technology + Art

When I think of medicine and art, I think of surgeons and how they are able to create art through human anatomy. In Silva Casini's article, I found it fascinating how scholars, "[highlight] how the images are performative... the images instead constitute and transform them" (75). The structure that is within the human body has been questioned through art. I found it interesting how within this article the relationship between sound and form from an MRI is "grasped visually" (99). 


Donald E. Ingber shares the relationship between human cells and architecture, exploring the help that tensegrity has had for artificial forms that need it. Many people have correlated the use of human anatomy in their artwork like the city lung skyscraper. While this is also to shed light on air pollution in China the incorporation of small details from the human body lungs, is quite fascinating. 



I have always thought plastic surgery is an art. Surgeons study and practice for years how to perfect the anatomy that someone wants to alter. From my personal experience of plastic surgery, I would consider this to be an art as my surgeon had to study my anatomy to be able to perform what I wanted fixed. Surgeons have to look at every angle and think of every possible outcome that might come with the surgery. They use their pens and images to fully understand and see the anatomy of everyone patient's body.



Sources:

Casini, Silvia. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as Mirror and Portrait: MRI Configurations between Science and the Arts.” Configurations, vol. 19, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73–99., https://doi.org/10.1353/con.2011.0008.

Donald E. Ingber. "The Architecture of Life" 1997 Scientific American, Inc. January 1998

Fernandes, Julio Wilson. “The Legacy of Art in Plastic Surgery.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, vol. 9, no. 4, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000003519.

Tyson, Peter. “The Hippocratic Oath Today.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 27 Mar. 2001, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/.

Scott PA. The Relationship Between the Arts and Medicine. Medical Humanities 2000. https://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/3


Photos:

Jingyi, Wang, and Shao Xutao. “City Lung Skyscraper Inspired by Human Anatomy - EVolo: Architecture Magazine.” EVolo Architecture Magazine RSS, 11 Oct. 2017, https://www.evolo.us/city-lung-skyscraper-inspired-by-human-anatomy/.

Laveau, Kyle. “Treatments and Procedures: Rhinoplasty.” Treatments and Procedures: Rhinoplasty, 12 Apr. 2023, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/otolaryngology/specialty_areas/facial-plastic-reconstructive/cosmetic/rhinoplasty.html.

The Medical Futurist. "10 Ways Technology is Changing Healthcare" 3 March 2020. https://medicalfuturist.com/ten-ways-technology-changing-healthcare/#



Comments

  1. Gena BertiApril 30, 2023 at 3:26 PM

    Hi Carly! I enjoyed reading your blog, it's extremely thoughtful and well-written. I love the unique connection between plastic surgery as a way of art. Of course, aesthetic plastic surgery aims to enhance a person's look. On the other hand, reconstructive plastic surgery aids in enhancing the functionality as well as the look of the face and body. It can treat genetic defects, injuries, or corrections following previous operations. I think this type of plastic surgery I think is forgotten many times, but is crucial to medicine and links medtech to art.

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