Following in the footsteps of great medical illustrators, Henry Gray and Frank Netter, Jason Freeny–an artist/illustrator/crazy person–can now lay claim to his own atlas of anatomy. After countless hours of sleepless nights and dissections, he created detailed anatomical images allowing us to see the insides of not only the infamous Lego Minifig but also of the Gummi Bear and Balloon Animal. We here at Medgadget only hope that all participants willingly gave their bodies in the name of science.
Art Archives
Freeny’s Anatomy: Disturbing, Very Educational.
Virtual Autopsy Photographer Takes 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award
This year’s Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography, yet another prestigious prize administered by Karolinska Institutet, went to Swedish physician Anders Persson, MD, PhD, in recognition “of his innovative techniques for capturing 3-D images inside the human body.” When we looked through his pictures on the award’s website, we were quite amazed.
The following is from a press statement by Karolinska Institutet:
Ex-Votos Exhibition at NLM
National Library of Medicine recently opened an exhibition of ex-voto paintings, described as “a devotional painting giving thanks to a saint or deity for a miraculous healing or a blessing.”
From the gallery page:
2008 NSF Scientific Visualization Awards Announced
The National Science Foundation has announced winners of this year’s Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, which aims to highlight the art and beauty of science, and the work of people to make science interesting, intuitive, and intriguing.
From NSF:
“The Story of Menstruation”
If anyone missed this Disney film from 1946, here it is. Take it as you will, just don’t blame us for being an honest and neutral messenger.
Advertisement
The Art and Beauty of Microfluidics
Albert Folch, a bioengineering professor at the University of Washington, has been curating an online gallery of microfluidic photography taken from years of research in the field. Below are a few pics chosen from the hundreds that are grouped and categorized in the main gallery.
Survivors by Errol Morris
Here’s a short film by Errol Morris, a powerful eight minutes made for the Stand Up To Cancer broadcast.
Who Knew? Knees and Elbows Make Great Vase Design
This vase collection from Mixko, a design project of Alex Garnett and Nahoko Koyama, should fit right into any aesthetically conscious orthopedic office.
Soon to be available at Mixko’s online shop…
“Seeking Collectors of Medical Curiosities”
Morbid Anatomy, a site known to us as a goldmine of all things artsy in medicine, is looking for folks who have interesting private collections that are dying to be photographed (the pun is, indeed, intended).
From Joanna Ebenstein:
