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Week 4 Blog: Medicine + Technology + Art
As professor Vesna discusses in her first lecture, human dissection was practiced during the Renaissance era in order to understand the human body on a much deeper and detailed level. During this time, doctors and artists were able to collaborate together in order to further their knowledge about the human body. The human anatomy has always been a fascinating subject to study and even today doctors are finding new methods to help benefit humanity in various ways. It has also helped us to understand life on a cellular/molecular level, giving us the basic building blocks of what us humans are built upon.
Book explaining anatomy and dissection.
Professor Vesna continues by saying how the evolution in technology has changed how we look at our own anatomy. X–rays, CAT scans, and MRIs are just a few examples that have helped doctors to further understand each individual function of all parts of the human body. Because of the development of these various pieces of equipment, things like surgery, transplants, and even therapy—physical or mental—have all flourished. I can relate to this because I had a meniscus surgery in 2015 following my junior year of high school football season. We only knew that my meniscus was torn because of an MRI, which is an amazing piece of equipment. The surgery I got was athroscopic, which again is a crazy development to medicine.
Athroscopic Surgery
One great example of how medicine, technology, and art are all intertwined is through process of plastic surgery, which professor Vesna talks about in her third lecture. Modern society has surely created this idea of a certain "look" that pertains specifically to females. For women today, many who partake in plastic surgery generally lean towards augmentation. Whether it be reconstructing the nose or enhancing the size of their lips, this procedure is an art in a sense that women are allowed to sculpt their bodies however they want, all with the aid of technology which allows doctors to perform these procedures in a safe and timely manner. But this doesn't mean that men cannot get these procedures done as well.
Plastic Nose Surgery
Uconlineprogram. "Medicine pt3." YouTube. Web. 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX-9mXd3Y4
As professor Vesna discusses in her first lecture, human dissection was practiced during the Renaissance era in order to understand the human body on a much deeper and detailed level. During this time, doctors and artists were able to collaborate together in order to further their knowledge about the human body. The human anatomy has always been a fascinating subject to study and even today doctors are finding new methods to help benefit humanity in various ways. It has also helped us to understand life on a cellular/molecular level, giving us the basic building blocks of what us humans are built upon.
Professor Vesna continues by saying how the evolution in technology has changed how we look at our own anatomy. X–rays, CAT scans, and MRIs are just a few examples that have helped doctors to further understand each individual function of all parts of the human body. Because of the development of these various pieces of equipment, things like surgery, transplants, and even therapy—physical or mental—have all flourished. I can relate to this because I had a meniscus surgery in 2015 following my junior year of high school football season. We only knew that my meniscus was torn because of an MRI, which is an amazing piece of equipment. The surgery I got was athroscopic, which again is a crazy development to medicine.
One great example of how medicine, technology, and art are all intertwined is through process of plastic surgery, which professor Vesna talks about in her third lecture. Modern society has surely created this idea of a certain "look" that pertains specifically to females. For women today, many who partake in plastic surgery generally lean towards augmentation. Whether it be reconstructing the nose or enhancing the size of their lips, this procedure is an art in a sense that women are allowed to sculpt their bodies however they want, all with the aid of technology which allows doctors to perform these procedures in a safe and timely manner. But this doesn't mean that men cannot get these procedures done as well.
Works Cited
Casini, Silvia. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as Mirror and Portrait: MRI Configurations between Science and the Arts." Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Society for Literature and Science, 2011. Pdf.
Ingber, Donald. "The Architecture of Life." Scientific American, Inc., 1997. Pdf.
Tyson, Peter. "The Hippocratic Oath Today." Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 2001.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/hippocratic-oath-today.html
Uconlineprogram. "Medicine pt1." YouTube. Web. 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk
Uconlineprogram. "Medicine pt2." YouTube. Web. 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX-9mXd3Y4
I just wanted to leave a comment here saying that I can relate to your appreciation for the advancement of technology in medicine. My sophomore year of college I tore my LCL in my knee playing basketball. I would have never known this was the case without the invention and development of the MRI. Luckily, I did not have to get arthroscopic surgery, as time would just heal the injury. However, I have had the privilege to see an arthroscopic surgery done on a torn labrum of the shoulder on my medical trip to the Dominican Republic. Your blog post made me realize how lucky we are to live in a time where technology plays such a monumental role in medicine and the treatment of adverse conditions.
ReplyDeleteDrew, great job on this write up. I love how you incorporated the act that you could relate to the resources to us. Like you I dealt with a meniscus injury and like you I was only able to find out because of the MRI. It's very interesting how advanced our technology is these. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job elaborating on the topic of how medicine is all around us and how prevalent it is. Plus, you made it very evident how far back medicine and technology goes. You also educated us on how people use this everyday to enhance themselves or even alter their looks.
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting to view surgery and plastic surgery as an art. The act of plastic surgery is reconstructing the human body to fit a certain image, as much an art as drawing or painting a human body. Technology has also enhanced surgeons ability to conduct very precise surgeries without ever even opening a patient.
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