Visionary Anatomies
A symposium at the National Library of Medicine

In conjunction with the Dream Anatomy exhibition, the National Library of
Medicine is hosting Visionary Anatomies, a half-day symposium. Anatomical
showmanship goes back to anatomy's origins as a scientific discipline.
Today, a revival of anatomical spectacle in fine art, science exhibitions,
popular films and television shows has sparked new debates about the
meaning, uses, ethics and history of anatomical display and
representation. Visionary Anatomies will bring together scholars in the
fields of anthropology, cultural history, anatomy, medicine, museum
studies, and the history of medicine and science, to discuss the art and
science of anatomy from the 1500s to the present.

TIME: Thursday, June 12, 2003, 2:00-8:00pm

PLACE: Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes of Health
8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 38A
Bethesda, MD 20894

PARTICIPANTS: F. Gonzalez-Crussi (Northwestern University School of
Medicine, emeritus), Kathryn Hoffmann (University of Hawaii), Susan
Lederer (Yale), Adrianne Noe (National Museum of Health and Medicine),
Ruth Richardson (Centre for Medical Humanities, London), Michael Sappol
(National Library of Medicine), Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of
California, Berkeley), Gretchen Worden (Mütter Museum) and Richard Drake
(School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati).

REGISTRATION: $35. Dinner is included in the fee.

PROGRAM: Two panels, including a curator's talk on the Dream Anatomy
exhibition, and a dinner reception in the Dream Anatomy gallery space.

REGISTRATION: Go to www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_events.html for
instructions and downloadable registration form.
By check: Make check for $35, payable to the "Friends of the National
Library of Medicine," and mail with registration form to:
The Friends of the National Library of Medicine
P.O. Box 75126
Baltimore, MD 21275-5126
By credit card: Fax registration form to 202-462-9043

For more information, call 301-594-1947;
www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_events.html

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Michael Sappol, Ph.D.
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike,
Bldg. 38, Rm. 1E-21
Bethesda, MD 20894-0002
(301) 594-0348
(301) 402-0872 fax
michaelsappol@nlm.nih.gov