MedTech+Art

When thinking about the medical field, you immediately think about science, anatomy, or other physiological subjects. No one ever thinks to put art into the category of medicine. Like previous weeks, when looking at two completely different subjects, you can find art in medicine. Take plastic surgery for example, it is combining art and medicine in one technique. Plastic surgery is altering the human body's appearance using medical procedures. Plastic surgery dates all the way back to the Ancient Egyptians when they used surgeries to correct a broken nose.

Another way that art and medicine are connected is through braille. Braille uses a series of bumps on a flat surface to allow blind people to read. Braille combines art and medical condition to help human beings. Along with braille being a mix between medicine and art there are many other medical advances that combine art and medicine. X-rays, CAT scans, and MRIs all utilize art to help in the medical field. MRI's are especially interesting because it takes magnets and sound to create an image that the sound resonates off of.
Although these images aren't necessarily works of art, any images that are original is considered art to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_surgery

Victoria Vensa > Bodies Inc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging

RoboCop: Film

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ct_scan/article_em.htm