Mona Lisa’s Illnesses
Everyone has heard about the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece at the Louvre in Paris. But you have probably never heard about… her...
Camilla de Laurentis 12 May 2022
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The Most Beautiful Anatomical Theaters in Italy
Anatomical theaters were one of the most important institutions in the history of medicine. They were used for teaching anatomy classes at...
Zuzanna Stańska 5 May 2022
Masterpiece Story: A Vaccination by Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher’s painting A Vaccination underlines the importance of vaccines for the community and how children are key elements in public health. It...
Camilla de Laurentis 30 March 2022
History of Medicine in Art: Collection of Artworks at Wellcome Library in London
London is a great place to be for the curious and inquisitive. Public museums, galleries, and libraries are homes to a vast collection of wonderful...
Bolor Jargalsaikhan 30 March 2022
A Tribute to Medical Services: Doctors in Paintings
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have heard a lot about doctors and healthcare workers, thinking of them as present-day heroes facing...
Camilla de Laurentis 30 March 2022
Real Gray’s Anatomy – Medical Illustration from an Artistic Genre to a Profession
Since the beginning of human history, drawing and creating diagrams have been essential. They were the easiest and most useful form of communication...
Camilla de Laurentis 30 March 2022
Pharmacy Museums: Houses of Oddities
A pharmacy is a very weird kind of shop. It has your favorite skin creams and food supplements. They also carry medicines for the flu, blood...
Marija Canjuga 19 February 2022
The Art of Being Sick
As much as we wish otherwise, the pandemic is not over yet. The Omicron variant cast a long shadow on our hopes of going back to normal. So instead...
Joanna Kaszubowska 4 February 2022
