Drawing Damaged Bodies: British Medical Art in the Early Twentieth Century

Historians are acutely aware of the role of art in medicine. Elaborate early modern works catch our eye; technical innovations attract analysis. This paper beats a different path by examining three little-known artists in early twentieth-century Britain who deployed what may seem like an outdated me...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the history of medicine Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 439 - 473
Main Author:	Alberti, Samuel J. M. M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Johns Hopkins University Press 2018
Subjects:	20th century Anatomy & physiology Artists History of medicine History of medicine and histology History, 20th Century Human Body Humans Medicine Medicine in the Arts - history Museums Pathology Surgery Textbooks United Kingdom World War I United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:	Historians are acutely aware of the role of art in medicine. Elaborate early modern works catch our eye; technical innovations attract analysis. This paper beats a different path by examining three little-known artists in early twentieth-century Britain who deployed what may seem like an outdated method: drawing. Locating the function of pencil and ink illustrations across a range of sites, we take a journey from the exterior of the living patient via invasive surgical operations to the bodily interior. We see the enduring importance of delineation against a backdrop of the mechanization of conflict and of imaging.
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ISSN:	0007-5140 1086-3176 1086-3176 1896-3176
DOI:	10.1353/bhm.2018.0055