Title page of the Hippocratic corpus, published by Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius. 1538.
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Life is short. The art is long. A collection of medical iconography, anatomical imagery, and artistic representations of the ars longa. Curated by a lapsed pre-med and consummate scientist groupie who sadly has no head for natural philosophy.
Title page of the Hippocratic corpus, published by Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius. 1538.
Statue of Asclepius, exhibited in the Museum of Epidaurus Theatre.
