Alan and Marcia Emery present a superb collection of over fifty pieces of art, reflecting the physician's role in society and the relationship between doctor and patient. Medicine and Art contains an international selection of artworks, tracing both the history of art and the development of medicine from the Ancient Greeks to the present day, illustrating changing perceptions and applications of medicine through varied styles and artistic media. Each work of art is accompanied by a short essay describing the history of the artists and the subject of the artwork. The full color illustrations and detailed appendix of further artworks depicting specific medical conditions make this book a unique treasure trove of information for all who share the authors' love of art, history, and medicine.
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"This is a handsomely produced volume of 53 superb reproductions... an invaluable resource... I recommend it enthusiastically to all physicians." --JAMA
"A magnificent collection." --Doctors.net, 2002
"beautiful and functional" --The British Journal of General Practice
"Medicine and Art is a splendid production and a work of erudition. It is not necessary to be either an Art or Medical historian to enjoy this visual indulgence and it will certainly inform and enhance one's enjoyment of the paintings." --Newsletter of the Retired Fellows Society
"I congratulate Alan and Marcia Emery on their book, which will give pleasure to many." --Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
"A varied and exciting selection of paintings are presented from famous and unknown artists. The presentation gives an introduction to early media in a way which is hard to obtain with text alone. Insightful comments improves the understanding of the paintings message ... The small articles touch, surprise and provoke. The book is recommended to all who are interested in medical history and art." --Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association
"The paintings are beautifully reproduced... [with] brief but excellent text that accompanies each image. This is a fascinating study of an important subject. The images deserve very careful study - le bon Dieu est dans le detail." --Journal ofthe Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2004
"Alan and Marcia Emery's text is a delight. The book has been beautifully produced and the illustrations are of high quality. The authors and publishers are to be congratulated on giving us a volume which is as suitable as a present as it is as a continuing source of pleasure for oneself." --The Journal of Medical Biography
"As a start this book would be an invaluable introduction to the history of medicine for students... This is a beautifully produced and well researched book, full of clinical interest and historical fact. The pictures and text together convey a wealth of relationships between doctors and patients over the centuries and provide a pictorial commentary on social customs and cultures in many parts of the world." --The Ulster Medical Journal, May 2003
"A work of art depicting the interaction between physician and patient forces us to dwell on humanitarian aspects rather on technicalites of disease...Their book clearly is a labour of love. It has grown out of a series of articles that over the years have appeared in Clinical Medicine, the Journal of The Royal College of Physicians of London...An extra feature of this book is the list of paintings from all over the world that show medical syndromes - almost without question genetically determined...Altogether this book is a good buy - and a stimulus to go and see the originals." --Neuromuscular Disorders 15 (2005) 326-327
"A magnificent collection." --Doctors.net, 2002
"beautiful and functional" --The British Journal of General Practice
"Medicine and Art is a splendid production and a work of erudition. It is not necessary to be either an Art or Medical historian to enjoy this visual indulgence and it will certainly inform and enhance one's enjoyment of the paintings." --Newsletter of the Retired Fellows Society
"I congratulate Alan and Marcia Emery on their book, which will give pleasure to many." --Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
"A varied and exciting selection of paintings are presented from famous and unknown artists. The presentation gives an introduction to early media in a way which is hard to obtain with text alone. Insightful comments improves the understanding of the paintings message ... The small articles touch, surprise and provoke. The book is recommended to all who are interested in medical history and art." --Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association
"The paintings are beautifully reproduced... [with] brief but excellent text that accompanies each image. This is a fascinating study of an important subject. The images deserve very careful study - le bon Dieu est dans le detail." --Journal ofthe Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2004
"Alan and Marcia Emery's text is a delight. The book has been beautifully produced and the illustrations are of high quality. The authors and publishers are to be congratulated on giving us a volume which is as suitable as a present as it is as a continuing source of pleasure for oneself." --The Journal of Medical Biography
"As a start this book would be an invaluable introduction to the history of medicine for students... This is a beautifully produced and well researched book, full of clinical interest and historical fact. The pictures and text together convey a wealth of relationships between doctors and patients over the centuries and provide a pictorial commentary on social customs and cultures in many parts of the world." --The Ulster Medical Journal, May 2003
"A work of art depicting the interaction between physician and patient forces us to dwell on humanitarian aspects rather on technicalites of disease...Their book clearly is a labour of love. It has grown out of a series of articles that over the years have appeared in Clinical Medicine, the Journal of The Royal College of Physicians of London...An extra feature of this book is the list of paintings from all over the world that show medical syndromes - almost without question genetically determined...Altogether this book is a good buy - and a stimulus to go and see the originals." --Neuromuscular Disorders 15 (2005) 326-327
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The earliest documented physician of note was Imhotep the royal chamberlain to the Egyptian King Ketjerkhet (Djoser) of the Third Dynasty (c 2686-2613 BC). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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New York, Royal Academy, Norman Rockwell, Florence Nightingale, United States, Andrew Wyeth, Emma Brownlow, John Collier, Crimean War, Ernest Board, Sergei Chepik, Sir Roy Calne, The Inspection, All Rights Reserved, Bed Making, Central Tibet, Giovanni Battista Crespi, Puerto Rico, The Madhouse, The Mission of Mercy New!
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- Canon of Medicine by Avicenna on page 8, and page 9
- Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series by John Berger in Front Matter
- The House of the Dead (Penguin Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky on page 100
- The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich in Front Matter
- Aspects of Greek Medicine by E. D. Phillips on page 2
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- Surgical and Medical Treatment in Art by Alan EH Emery in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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