The Osler Library of the History of Medicine invites you to three presentations on Medicine, Art and Visualization in the Nineteenth Century: Realisms Gone Mad: Hysterical Pictures, Performances and Procedures at the Salpêtrière Hospital with Dr. Mary Hunter, McGill Art History and Communications Studies prof; Robert Knox and the Anatomy of Ideal Beauty with Dr. Allister Neher, from Dawson College’s New School; and Dissected Bodies as Books: Illustrated Nineteenth Century Anatomical Atlases as Medicine’s New Teaching Texts with Dr. Cindy Stelmackowich, School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University. The lectures will be followed by a visit to the Osler Library to view some of the works discussed.
Three lectures on Medicine, Art and Visualization in the Nineteenth Century, Sept. 29, from 3-5:30 p.m.; McIntyre Medical Building, Meakins Auditorium (room 521) 5th floor; 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler. For more information, please contact christopher.lyons@mcgill.ca, or call 514-398-4475, ext 09847.