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 Week 4 | Medicine + Technology + Art | Blog Assignment

4/20/2022-James Hepp

Throughout the course of time, medicine, technology, and art has greatly developed in to a more modern version of itself. There have been many discoveries and new theories of technology that have allowed us to be more medicinally intelligent. Doctors who used medical instruments back in the day were not considered doctors. Now in order to be a doctor, you must know how to use/navigate these medical instruments in order to become a doctor. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was a German physicist that was able to detect electromagnetic radiation also known as an x-ray. Because he was able to detect this, it won him the Nobel Piece Prize in 1901. This discovery allowed for a lot of technological development in the medicinal field. Without this moment in history, I think our understanding of medicine would be completely different and a little delayed from what it is now.


https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Rontgen

Throughout my life, I have had many x-rays and MRIs taken on me in order to see whether or not there was an injury of any sort. This correlates to art because of the images that are captured by this kind of technology. X-rays are able to capture a clear picture of the human skeleton and are able to be concentrated on a certain part of the body. MRIs are able to grab a 3D image of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, or bones in order to make a educated diagnosis for a patient. 

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Brain-magnetic-resonance-imaging-MRI-for-subjects-S1-S2-and-S4-Brain-magnetic_fig4_336148130



“How Mris Are Used.” WebMD, WebMD, https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-an-mri. 

Kita, Natalie. “History of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.” Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 16 May 2020, https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-history-of-plastic-surgery-2710193. 

“How Technology Is Changing the World of Medicine.” Hunimed, 20 Dec. 2016, https://www.hunimed.eu/news/technology-changing-world-medicine/. 

Bernini, Juliet. “The Arts and Medicine.” The Arts and Medicine | Harvard Medical School, 12 Dec. 2017, https://hms.harvard.edu/news/arts-and-medicine. 

“Could A Fitness Tracker Boost Your Heart Health?” Johns Hopkins Medicine, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/could-a-fitness-tracker-boost-your-heart-health. 




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