? 1996 The Franklin Institute Science Museum
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Open Heart Surgery Movie (1.75 Mb) ? 1996 The Franklin Institute Science Museum (click on image to play movie) |
The original, famous, walk-through heart exhibit at the Philadelphia-based The Franklin Institute Science Museum, has inspired an online journey through the heart, rich in images, movies, and even sound clips of a beating heart. The video above was taken during coronary bypass surgery using a camera worn on the surgeon's head.
Science for Art?s Sake
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Donor Lymph Nodes by Max Aguilera-Hellweg Photo ? Max Aguilera-Hellweg |
"Shocking, yet strangely beautiful," Max Aguilera-Hellweg's images stem from eight years of research and observation in the operating room, using a large-format 4 x 5 camera. An exhibit of the work is now on tour and is presented in his book, The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery (Bullfinch Press/Little Brown and Company, 1997; available from Amazon.com). Aguilera-Hellweg writes:
In the operating room, as parts are removed, replaced, salvaged, or exchanged, the body is just a vessel. The anesthesiologist controls your blood pressure, your breathing, your ability to sense pain. You can't speak. Your eyes are taped shut. Your thoughts, your memories, your dreams are adrift. Where do they go?
