Apart from science, I have a deep love for art, particularly works that blend the two. I enjoy looking drawings by early scientists that capture the natural world. These drawings fuel my creativity and make me reflect on their ways of thinking. I also love how artists throughout history have portrayed ancient medicine and pharmacy, telling us fascinating stories. Below are some of my favorite works!
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Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner, who isolated morphine from opium, conducting physiologic tests on himself and three friends in his apothecary shop. - Robert A. Thom
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PhD ceremony at Leiden University in around 1650 painted by Hendrick van der Burgh.
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An elderly, robed savant is depicted holding a urine flask and consulting a large book, while a woman seeks a diagnosis from him near a table laden with a globe and drug jars. - Egbert van Heemskerck II
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1900 Diagram by Paul Ehrlich illustrating his revolutionary 'side-chain theory' of immune response.
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Jane Richardson, Ribbon diagram, 1980, hand-drawn illustration.