Exhibition review uncovers historical intersections of art and medicine in academic collections, highlighting cultural representations of surgery, anatomy, and obstetrics.
Representations of Art and Medicine," in Durham, N.C., Nov. 4-Jan.16.The exhibit explores the relationship between art and medicine and is composed of works obtained from the history of medicine collections in the four North Carolina medical schools -Duke, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest.Over 100 objects are arranged in five sections -art and anatomy; the surgical arts; the doctor's practice; obstetrics; and non-Western medicine.
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