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Forthcoming Exhibition: Conquering Heart Disease March 1, 2019
A Note from the Collection: Theory of Circulation, Intravenous Therapy and Blood Transfusions January 24, 2019
Jon Chambers announced as Winter-Spring 2019 Artist-in-Residence December 17, 2018
A Note from the Collections: The Lithotomy: A Sordid History November 26, 2018
A Note from the Collection: Medical Marketing, Trade Cards from the Victorian Era November 19, 2018

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Only ONE MORE DAY to see “Scientific Sketches and Subsurface Scattering: Capturing the Beauty Within”. . This exhibition is an opportunity for first and second year Biomedical Visualization Program students (BVIS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago students to display their current works of art that are both beautiful and accurate in scientific detail. These pieces feature a wide array of scientific and medical subjects targeting audiences diverse in education, age, and occupation. . Get immersed in biomedical visualization at the Museum until March 24th! . . . #imsschicago #new #exhibition #museum #contemporaryart #art #science#artandscience #digitalmedia #universityofillinois#illinois #student #studentwork #emerging #sketch . 📽️ "Creating the Universal Donor" by @vastbiomedicalvisuals

The image of a snake wrapped around a staff probably looks familiar to you. You might have seen it on an ambulance, in a hospital, or on a medical bracelet. The image actually comes from the ancient Greek god of medicine, Asclepius. Taught medicine by a centaur, Asclepius was so good at healing that he could even bring back the dead. In fact, he healed so many that he disrupted the balance of life and death and Zeus was forced to strike him down. As compensation, Zeus later made Asclepius into the Ophiuchus constellation. . 📷: Wikimedia Commons . #imsschicago #museum #histmed #medicalhistory #greekmythology #zodiac #astrology

OPENING IN ONE WEEK--The IMSS Contemporary Arts Program presents The Practical Applications of Networks to the Body . The Opening Reception and Artist Talk will be Friday, March 29, 2019 at 6:00 PM and are free and open to the public. . During his residency at the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chambers researched the emergence of electricity as a medical medium during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The interface of these devices, such as the Fischer Diathermy Machine, usually consisted of a wand that discharged an electric current directly on the skin. According to the book Practical Electricity in Medicine and Surgery from 1890, electricity was thought of as a fluid and this exchange between the device and the body’s charge was thought of as healing and beneficial—although these claims were arguable and the exact nature of electricity was somewhat mysterious. Drawing parallels to how we interface with the enigmatic electronic and technological devices and networks today, Chambers contemplates our relationships with how our body interfaces with these systems and the exchange that happens between them. Using a variety of mediums, Chambers focuses on the hand as the main point of entry into how we interact with these networks that produce labor and troves of data by clicking, tapping, moving, swiping and typing for increasingly corporate systems. . RSVP today at www.imss.org . . . #imsschicago #chicago #museum #contemporaryart #artistinresidence #newmedia #artandtechnology #art #exhibition

Did you know that Insulin was first used on humans to treat diabetes in 1922? . Before the invention of Insulin in 1921, it was exceptional for people with Type 1 diabetes to live more than a year or two. There was not yet an effective treatment, rather doctors would put patients on very strict diets with minimal carbohydrate intake. Some of these diets were so strict that patients would die of starvation. One of the twentieth century’s greatest medical discoveries, insulin remains the only effective treatment for people with Type 1 diabetes today. . On January 11, 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, who was dying at the Toronto General Hospital, was given the first injection of Insulin. However, the extract that was developed from cattle by Banting and Macleod was so impure that Thompson suffered a severe allergic reaction, and further injections were cancelled. Over the next 12 days, James Collip worked day and night to improve the extract, and a second dose was injected on January 23. This was completely successful, not only in having no obvious side-effects, but in completely eliminating the glycosuria sign of diabetes. . In 1923, Banting and Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine, which they shared with their associates Best and Collip. . Image: A young girl before and after Insulin treatment courtesy of the @wellcomecollection . . . #imsschicago #chicago #museum #wednesdaywisdom #diabetes #insulin #nobelprize #research #histmed

#HappyTriviaTuesday! . In this image we see two hands holding an object, but what is it? Comment below what you think it is or is used for and we’ll let you know if you were correct tomorrow. . *HINT* it’s made from fetal calf skin 🐮 . ANSWER: It’s TissueMend! This matrix is used to aid the repair and regeneration of torn or injured tendons in the rotator cuff, biceps, quadriceps. When implanted, it provides an environment for host cells and blood vessels to grow and eventually fully incorporate into the native tissue. . . #imsschicago #hint #trivia #mystery #histmed #instrument #medicalhistory #history #chicago #museum #collection #object #artifact #tuesdaythoughts

Only ONE MORE WEEK to see “Scientific Sketches and Subsurface Scattering: Capturing the Beauty Within”. . This exhibition is an opportunity for first and second year Biomedical Visualization Program students (BVIS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago students to display their current works of art that are both beautiful and accurate in scientific detail. These pieces feature a wide array of scientific and medical subjects targeting audiences diverse in education, age, and occupation. . Get immersed in biomedical visualization at the Museum until March 24th! . . . #imsschicago #new #exhibition #museum #contemporaryart #art #science#artandscience #digitalmedia #universityofillinois#illinois #student #studentwork #emerging#sketch . #fanphoto: @lily.schu/@sammijeann . Images are film stills from "Animation Demo Reel" by Edith March (@marchedi27) with a visitor posing in front

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