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1、JMedHumanit(2010)31:37–51DOI10.1007/s10912-009-9100-xVisualizingReproduction:aCulturalHistoryofEarly-ModernandModernMedicalIllustrationsKarenHarveyPublishedonline:23December2009#SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC2009AbstractWrittenasaresponsetoaconferenceexhibitionofmedicalillu
2、strationsofreproduction,thisarticleconsidersthegainsofaninterdisciplinarystudyofmedicalillustrationtobothhistoriansandmedics.Thearticleinsiststhatweshouldnotonlybeattunedtotheculturalworkthatsuchrepresentationsperformbutalsothatsuchillustrationsaretheproductofmaterialmedicalpr
3、acticesandtheoftenhumaneimpulsesthatdrivethem.KeywordsMedicalillustration.Culturalhistory.Women.InterdisciplinarystudiesWhatcanaculturalhistoryofmedicalillustrationsofreproductioncontributetotheinterdisciplinaryfieldofmedicalhumanities?Thisessaybeganasaninvitedresponsetothegal
4、leryaccompanyingthe2007event,‘ImaginingReproductioninScienceandHistory.’Forgedfirstinthecrucibleofculturalhistory,thepiecewasthenfurthermodelledthroughdiscussionsbetweenhistoriansandmedics.Inconsideringtheopeningquestion,thispiecearguesthatopenandconstructivediscussionencourag
5、esproductivereflectionforbothhistoricalandmedicalviewersofmedicalillustration.Historiansgainatremendousdividendfromacknowledgingthatmedicalimagesarelinkedtopractices,thoseofrecordinganddissection,forexample,butalsothoseofteaching.Medicscanunderstandtheroleoftheirworkincontempo
6、rarysocietybyreflectingonthechoicesmadeinthecreation,manipulationanduseofimagesandrecognizingthedegreetowhichthesechoicesareculturallyspecific.Asinanyareaofhumanlife,historyofferstheopportunitytoreflecton,andunderstandbetter,ourownpresentpractices;bythesametoken,inlearningmore
7、aboutcurrentpractices,historianscanundertakeamoreinformedinterpretationoftheConventionalacknowledgementstoconferenceorganizersarehardlysufficientinthisinstance.Thisessayisbasedonapaperwrittenfortheconference,‘ImaginingReproductioninScienceandHistory,’butwassubstantiallytransfo
8、rmedbythediscussionsthere.IthankRayStephansonandRogerPiersonf
