Medical Instruments in Museums
Immediate Impressions and Historical Meanings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4173346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Arnold (0000-0003-1847-2287, Wellcome Collection, corresponding author), Ken Arnold, Thomas Söderqvist (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 718-729 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/663613 |
| PMID | 22448546 |
| OpenAlex | W2005327274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay proposes that our understanding of medical instruments might benefit from adding a more forthright concern with their immediate presence to the current historical focus on simply decoding their meanings and context. This approach is applied to the intriguingly tricky question of what actually is meant by a "medical instrument." It is suggested that a pragmatic part of the answer might lie simply in reconsidering the holdings of medical museums, where the significance of the physical actuality of instruments comes readily to hand
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Sociology · Empathy and Medical Education · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |