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The Relationship Between Art and Medicine
December 10, 2021
Greeting, loyal MütterEDU readers, this fascinating article comes from Mütter Museum docent Angelie Cesario.
Within the Mütter Museum’s collection, there’s a portrait not often seen of Samuel David Gross. An American surgeon and teacher of medicine, Dr. Gross is best known for translating medical works into English and for his own publication on diseases...
Continue ReadingExquisite Corpses Etching Workshop: Drypoint Edition
August 25, 2016
A few weekends ago, a number of students crowded around a display of books in our historical medical library as Historical Medical Librarian Beth Lander spoke. The books ranged from the Renaissance to the 1850’s, and were all filled with astoundingly beautiful medical illustrations. Beth went from book to book,...
Continue ReadingReflections on Our Trip to the Barnes Foundation
August 11, 2016
~ “Art therapy can be especially beneficial to children as younger people are usually less capable and less comfortable expressing themselves via words.” - I ❤️ Art Therapy.
Recently, several of CEPI's interns from our various youth programs took a trip to...
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A New Session of the Mütter's Drawing Course
September 29, 2015
CEPI is gearing up to start a new session of Drawing Anatomical Anomalies, the course where students gain special access to study and draw specimens from the Mutter Museum storage vaults! Last session the class was full at 16 students and we drew everything from bones showing...
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Life Between
February 19, 2014
The sculptures are being loaded in. The lighting is evocative. The music is ethereal. The College is being transformed. For the first time EVER we are hosting an evening of modern dance here at the College of Physicians and Mütter Museum. The fantastic Jae Hoon Lim from...
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