Apart from science, I have a deep love for art, particularly works that blend the two. I enjoy looking drawings by early scientists that capture the natural world. These drawings fuel my creativity and make me reflect on their ways of thinking. I also love how artists throughout history have portrayed ancient medicine and pharmacy, telling us fascinating stories. Below are some of my favorite works!
Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner, who isolated morphine from opium, conducting physiologic tests on himself and three friends in his apothecary shop. - Robert A. Thom
PhD ceremony at Leiden University in around 1650 painted by Hendrick van der Burgh.
An elderly, robed savant is depicted holding a urine flask and consulting a large book, while a woman seeks a diagnosis from him near a table laden with a globe and drug jars. - Egbert van Heemskerck II
1900 Diagram by Paul Ehrlich illustrating his revolutionary 'side-chain theory' of immune response.
Jane Richardson, Ribbon diagram, 1980, hand-drawn illustration.
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