Blog 4 - Jayden Perry

 Week 4 Blog

Medicine, technology, and art have all aided one another in discovering and documenting the human body in an accurate way. Through the early days of human dissection and drawing, we have shifted to greater advancements in technology which has shifted “our perceptions of our bodies.” (Vesna 2:07). We are now able to get actual scans of our bodies, as illustrated in Bodies Incorporated.

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was credited with creating a portable x-ray device which he describes as a “mathematical designation for something unknown.” (Vesna 2:55). After X-Rays were created by Rontgen, MRI’s and CAT scans were developed which aided our knowledge on how to treat diseases and possible body breakdowns because we can see and what is going on in our bodies through these tests.

Even though our external bodies may look perfectly fine, there is much going on internally that we can only see through tests and scans. Because of this, “patients often feel unheard or unbelieved when sharing their symptoms, and the consequences can be catastrophic" (Artist + Digital Technologist Transforming Human Health). Being on the soccer team here I have seen a lot of my teammates injured and they don’t know what is hurt until they get an X-Ray of MRI.  Most of the time, we can’t get an actually understanding of what is wrong until we use technology and its advantages. 

The understanding of the body introduced also interested the idea of plastic surgery. The combination of “new forms of technology and plastic surgery came out of war” (Vesna 1:58), which isn’t really a shock but it is interesting to see how plastic surgery is mainly being used today. When I think of plastic surgery my mind goes to celebrities, mainly the Kardashians, and how they get a lot of work done on their bodies and faces to alter the way they look. Plastic surgery also takes on the form of botox which is used by men and women all over the world.

My mother personally gets Botox to hide her wrinkles and I know that that will be me pretty soon. Plastic surgery is a way to not only reconstruct our bodies, but also change it for our liking which is demonstrated by Christophe Luxereau and the image of the plastic doll. 

Resources

“Artist + Digital Technologist Transforming Human Health.” Virgil Wong, 28 May 2022, https://www.virgilwong.com/. 

Bodies INCorporated , http://www.bodiesinc.ucla.edu/media/image/headMain.jpg. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023. 

Life & Style , 13 May 2022, https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kardashian-Plastic-Surgery-Transformation.jpg?crop=0px%2C31px%2C2000px%2C1133px&resize=1920%2C1080&quality=86&strip=all. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023. 

Luxereau, Christophe. Christophe Luxereau Website : Home, https://www.luxereau.com/. 

“MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging).” Cleveland Clinic , 5 Sept. 2022, https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/images/org/health/articles/4876-mri. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023. 

Vesna, Victoria. Human Body & Medical Technologies. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023. 

Vesna, Victoria. Human Body & Medical Technologies part 2. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023. 

Vesna, Victoria. Human Body & Medical Technologies part 3. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023.

“Young Woman Receiving Botox Beauty Injection In Forehead.” Adobe Stock, Pro-Stock Studio , https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/03/28/83/23/1000_F_328832320_HeFAYqIeA0K7MTQbSXyaboNjN56s2n89.jpg. Accessed 26 Apr. 2023.