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2020

Journal article

Norman Dott (1897–1973) and medical illustration: the importance of art to neurosurgery

Anatomical information and pathologies have been conveyed through the medium of medical illustrations for centuries. In the formative years of British neurosurgery, Professor Norman Dott (1897–1973) utilised medical illustrations as a means of documenting neurosurgical advances and conveying pathological-anatomical correlation. He commissioned a vast number of medical illustrations over the...

Hayes, Elspeth N ; Williams, Louise A ; Alberti, S J M M ; Demetriades, Andreas K
Intracranial Tumours, Cerebral Aneurysms, Scottish Neurosurgery, History of Neurosurgery, Surgical Neurology in Edinburgh, Medical Illustrations, Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA), Ann Brown, Hester Thom, Clifford Shepley, Hydrocephalus, Margaret McLarty, and Norman Dott
2018

Journal article

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path by examining three little-known artists in early twentieth-century Britain who deployed what may seem like an outdated method: drawing. Locating the function...

Alberti, S J M M
First World War, surgery, medical illustration, wounds, and pathology