Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780190858216 |
| ISBN10: | 0190858214 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 280 pages |
| Size: | 155x234x20 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 150 |
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Patients as Art
Forty Thousand Years of Medical History in Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture
Publisher: OUP USA
Date of Publication: 10 January 2019
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Short description:
Patients as Art explores the capacity of art to provide a unique perspective on the history of humankind. Featuring over 160 full-color works of art, this book offers a pictorial review of medical history stretching from Paleolithic times to the present, reflecting the ideals and sensibilities of the times in which they were created, and communicating formal, spiritual, and scientific values. Dr. Mackowiak reveals what these works have to say about the status of the "art of medicine" in the past and its relationship to the medicine of today.
Long description:
Patients as Art explores the capacity of art to provide a unique perspective on the history of humankind. Fearturing over 160 full-color works of art, this book offers a pictorial review of medical history stretching from Paleolithic times to the present, reflecting the ideals and sensibilities of the times in which they were created, and communicating formal, spiritual, and scientific values. Rarely have experts considered the potential clinical implications of such works or their collective value as an archive of medical history.
Many prominent works of art have depicted aspects of medicine's long struggle against ignorance, superstition, and religious and political dogma to emerge as one of mankind's greatest achievements. The particular works included in this book were chosen both for their esthetic appeal and for the skill with which they depict important developments in medicine over time. Dr. Mackowiak reveals what these works have to say about the status of the "art of medicine" in the past, and its relationship to the medicine of today.
Many prominent works of art have depicted aspects of medicine's long struggle against ignorance, superstition, and religious and political dogma to emerge as one of mankind's greatest achievements. The particular works included in this book were chosen both for their esthetic appeal and for the skill with which they depict important developments in medicine over time. Dr. Mackowiak reveals what these works have to say about the status of the "art of medicine" in the past, and its relationship to the medicine of today.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Nutrition
Chapter 2. Diagnostics
Chapter 3. Therapeutics
Chapter 4. Surgery
Chapter 5. Public Health
Chapter 6. Mental Health
Chapter 7. Military Medicine
Chapter 8. Genetics
Chapter 9. Death and Dying
Chapter 10. Artists as Patients
Epilogue
Chapter 2. Diagnostics
Chapter 3. Therapeutics
Chapter 4. Surgery
Chapter 5. Public Health
Chapter 6. Mental Health
Chapter 7. Military Medicine
Chapter 8. Genetics
Chapter 9. Death and Dying
Chapter 10. Artists as Patients
Epilogue
