Surgeon paints the fire that scarred his patients

A seventeenth-century German barber-surgeon and his patients.

PATIENTS AND HEALERS In recent years some attempts have been made to break away from a physiciancentred view of medical history and to establish as a counterweight a patient-oriented history or, more precisely, "a sick people's or sufferer's history (for the very word 'patient' seems dangerously redolent of professional medical relations)",' as Roy Porter, one of the protagonists of this kind o...

'A man paints with his brains and not with his hands' (Michelangelo).

The goals of a post-stroke rehabilitation plan are very specific to each patient. The side of the body affected by hemiplegia can influence the rehabilitation plan, as people with right-sided hemiplegia may also have difficulties with speech and language (aphasia). Because of the aphasia, drawing may remain a crucial instrument of creative expression and the clinical case presented highlights h...

A Chaotic Dynamical System that Paints

Can a dynamical system paint masterpieces such as Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa or Monet’s Water Lilies? Moreover, can this dynamical system be chaotic in the sense that although the trajectories are sensitive to initial conditions, the same painting is created every time? Setting aside the creative aspect of painting a picture, in this work, we develop a novel algorithm to reproduce paintings and photo...

PETER SINGER Under Fire The Dangerous Ethicist Faces His Critics

Resurfacing the acne-scarred face.

BACKGROUND : Dermabrasion has been a useful method for the improvement of acne scars since 1953. However, the improvement is often limited. Adjuvant procedures are often necessary to improve results. OBJECTIVE : To improve the results of resurfacing the acne scarred face. By combining the techniques of subcutaneous filling, laser shrinkage of collagen, dermabrasion, and excision, we hope to a...