Medicine In Art

[shardul]

these are two famous painting by Spaniard Juan Carreno de Miranda called La monstrua desnuda. Can u guess the medical condition shown in the picture? what r the causes of childhood obessity?

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[nokia]

genetic disorders ----like prader-willi syndrome
or may b associated with hypothyroidism , cushings syndrome ...

 

[shardul]

does it bring back any fond memories?? Well this is one of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt.

 

[shardul]

genetic disorders ----like prader-willi syndrome
or may b associated with hypothyroidism , cushings syndrome ...

yeah u r right its probably Prader Willi. i remember reading something similiar to what u have said about this painting in book called "Genome" by Matt Ridley.

 

[shardul]

Today we had a psychiatry lecture.... so this thread carries on the mood by this beautiful painting by Albrecht Durer.

 

[nokia]

it`s beautiful painting !!

 

[shardul]

 

[shardul]

 

[nokia]

i did`t get the first one in ur new post .....

 

[punjabijatt]

genetic disorders ----like prader-willi syndrome
or may b associated with hypothyroidism , cushings syndrome ...

I hope u guys don't mind but just as i was reading this thread, I remembered one joke. I decided to share it with u guys.

Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart.

One of the students said to his friend, "I'm sure he has Petry Syndrome - those people walk just like that,"

The other student says, "No, I don't think so. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome, he walks just like we learned in class."

Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached the old man and one of the students said to him, "We're medical students and couldn't ignore the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?"

The old man said, "I'll tell you but first you'll tell me what you think?"

Then one of the students said, "I think it's Petry Syndrome."

And the old man said, "You thought, but you're wrong."

Then the other student said, "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome."

And the old man said, "You thought, but you're wrong."

So they asked him, "So what do you have?"

And the old man said, "I thought I needed to fart. I thought, but I was wrong."

 

[shardul]

I hope u guys don't mind but just as i was reading this thread, I remembered one joke. I decided to share it with u guys.

lol...thats quite an old joke .... but anyway thanks for refreshing my memory. i wonder how i started behaving like the characters in joke.... perhaps thats the point u wanted to make .

First time i read about that picture was in book called "genome" by Matt Ridley as i have mentioned earlier. Somewhere in that book he had written about this painting and talked about probable cause of it. I now just remember reading about Prader willi syndrome in it........ well why am i even explaining all this to u......

 

[shardul]

Since its'original, specialists in orthopaedic have treated children suffering from spine and limb deformities. The Greek roots of orthopaedic are

Ortho (Straight) and Pais (Child)

Early orthopaedists often used brace or other forms of treatment to make the child 'straight'.

* This "orthopaedic tree" from Nicholas Andry's eighteenth-century book has become the international symbol of orthopaedic surgery. It illustrated the concept that a crooked young tree--like a deformed young child--can be helped to grow straight by the application of appropriated force.

 

[nokia]

We have this picture in our ortho department ...... it exactly depicts what orthopedics is all abt !

 

[$!n!$+er]

since motto of orthopedics nowdays is mobility i doubt Andry's tree is anymore a true representative symbol of what orthopedics stands for.

-Gaurav "wannabe orthopod" Sharma

 

[shardul]

since motto of orthopedics nowdays is mobility i doubt Andry's tree is anymore a true representative symbol of what orthopedics stands for.

-Gaurav "wannabe orthopod" Sharma

yup they need a better symbol now!!! can u think of something suitable???

 

[organized_chaos]

well i would call it Art in medicine rather than medicine in art! Anyway good posts i loved them, keep posting !!!!

 

[organized_chaos]

Do u know Susruta? here are illustrations of some of his instruments. note how ornate they are..... wouldnt it be great fun and lot easier for us remember instrument if they were as ornate as they used to be?

sorry for poor picture quality but unfortunately thats the only picture i could find online and this doesnt show all of his instruments. My favourite ones are Lion forceps and heron forceps (not in picture)

 

[*TRINITY*]

Can u guess the medical condition shown in the picture? what r the causes of childhood obessity?

well i cant guess the medical condition but here are some causes of pediatric obesity-

A. Genetic Syndrome such as-
1.Laurence Moon Biedl
2.Prader Willi
3.Ahlstrom
4.Cohen
5.carpenter

B. Cushing's syndrome
C. Hypothyroidism
D. Insulinoma
E. Craniopharyngioma

just copied the list from Harrison on my desk. BTW i loved the chubby babies in the picture.

 

[shardul]

Do u know Susruta? here are illustrations of some of his instruments. note how ornate they are..... wouldnt it be great fun and lot easier for us remember instrument if they were as ornate as they used to be?

sorry for poor picture quality but unfortunately thats the only picture i could find online and this doesnt show all of his instruments. My favourite ones are Lion forceps and heron forceps (not in picture)

yeah offcourse i know who susruta was. how can i forget the father of plastic surgery. Imagine performing nasal reconstruction in those days!!

BTW nice pictures. they are as ornate as any other appliances in those days. But dont u think if we use such kind of instruments today it would be problematic to sterlise them. unnecessarily ornate designs would increase surface area of instrument and uneven surface cant be easily sterlised either. but surely it would have added some zing to otherwise boring instruments!

 

[shardul]

well i cant guess the medical condition but here are some causes of pediatric obesity-

A. Genetic Syndrome such as-
1.Laurence Moon Biedl
2.Prader Willi
3.Ahlstrom
4.Cohen
5.carpenter

B. Cushing's syndrome
C. Hypothyroidism
D. Insulinoma
E. Craniopharyngioma

just copied the list from Harrison on my desk. BTW i loved the chubby babies in the picture.

good work trinity!

 

[allergic2morons]

I think this was the most famous case of pediatric obesity in India.

to read more:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050530/asp/knowhow/story_4764701.asp

 

[shardul]

I think this was the most famous case of pediatric obesity in India.

yeah thats lokman mondal from kolkata. I think someone else has posted started a thread to discuss his case earlier also.

 

[shardul]

after seeing this one by von Gogh i'm now seriously think i should stop being a chimney

 

[allergic2morons]

after seeing this one by von Gogh i'm now seriously think i should stop being a chimney

did u know this van Gogh guy was catatonic schizophrenic who cutoff his own ear

 

[allergic2morons]

i dont know this relevant to the topic of this thread but i found this -

Its a cover of an album called "A chance to cut is chance to cure" by Matmos..... Dont u think that pretty much summarise the whole science of surgery

 

[shardul]

i dont know this relevant to the topic of this thread but i found this -

Its a cover of an album called "A chance to cut is chance to cure" by Matmos..... Dont u think that pretty much summarise the whole science of surgery

where is the picture ??

 

[shardul]

what do u think about this album cover

 

[shardul]

coool this matamos guy is damn cooool

 

[allergic2morons]

i didnt like this In Utero thing much but album is gr8