Depiction of medical issues and themes by the arts ,including visual, oral, or written forms of expression

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Les démoniaques dans l'art / par J.-M. Charcot et Paul Richer.

Aesculape.

The physician of the dance of death : a historical study of the evolution of the dance of death mythus in art / by Aldred Scott Warthin ... with 92 illustrations.

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

Helen and Kate Storey : science and art engaging the public / by Marek Kohn.

A voyage to Cythera : the Berlin Museum for the History of Medicine at the Charité : guide / Aya Ben Ron.

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

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Medicine in the Arts

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Images about Medicine in the Arts

Works from the collections

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

Helen and Kate Storey : science and art engaging the public / by Marek Kohn.

A voyage to Cythera : the Berlin Museum for the History of Medicine at the Charité : guide / Aya Ben Ron.

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

Medicine in the Arts

Images from the collections

Images about Medicine in the Arts

Works from the collections

La peste / Giulia Calvi.

Helen and Kate Storey : science and art engaging the public / by Marek Kohn.

A voyage to Cythera : the Berlin Museum for the History of Medicine at the Charité : guide / Aya Ben Ron.

Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art / Christine M. Boeckl.

Wonde(r) : de fascinatie voor het lijdende lichaam = the fascination with the suffering body / Tine Van Osselaer, Leonardo Rossi, Kristof Smeyers, Merlijn Gabel.

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