Gray's greyness

Article Abstract:

Medical illustration in the nineteenth century favoured a heroic mode, displaying elegant figures in brave postures and gracious settings. The rise of the professional medical school did not immediately end the picture-book, but there was increased domination of the plain, technical textbook, such as Henry Gray's Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical. Successive editors have introduced new illustrative techniques, such as computer graphics and state of the art microscopy.

Medical literature

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Laudable labs?

Article Abstract:

The architecture of science laboratories reflects the history of architecture and the time when they were established. The School of Agriculture at Cambridge University, England, is an Edwardian building, which Arnold Mitchell designed. The building uses Edwardian rhetoric such as heraldic shields and carved hand tools. The nearby biochemistry wing reflects the mass production and functionalism of the 1960s, and has not aged as well as the older building.

Buildings and facilities, University of Cambridge, Laboratories, Architecture, British, British architecture

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Stubbs' seeing

Article Abstract:

The eighteenth century painter George Stubbs was an expert in anatomy and animal form. His paintings were imaginative and prompted much debate about evolution and the anatomical differences between species. He painted a picture of the Duke of Richmond's Bull Moose in 1770 which was of academic interest to royal physician William Hunter.

Works, Painters, Painters (Artists), 18th century AD, Stubbs, George

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