Food for Thoughts – IDEAS in WORDS, IMAGES, and MEDICINE

Contracture of Facial Muscles - Whistling Face Syndrome

Keywords: MYOPATHY CONTRACTURES FIBROSIS FACE FACIES FREEMAN SHELDON FACE MUSCLE BUCCINATOR CARDIOMYOPATHY MYOPATHY CARDIAC WHISTLE WHISTLING WIND VANE PUCKERED LIP SILBAR SYBIL

Author: Slevogt Max - (1868-1932)

Location: Lembachhaus Gallery, Munich, Germany

Keywords: LOVE GOLD TEMPTATION PUBIS THIGH GAMBA GAMBIT COIN MONETA MONEDA DANAE

Pectus excavatum and posture suggestive of a connective tissue disorder

John Ruskin

Author: Rubens Peter Paul - (1577-1640)

Location: Alte Pinakothed, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Keywords: STOIC BLEEDING HEMORRHAGE VEIN PHILOSOPHY RHETORIC SUICIDE TUB SENECA

Pseudo Seneca or Unkown Poet

Year: 2-3 BC

Author: Herculeum Original from

Location: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy

Keywords: SENECE STOIC SUICIDE VEIN PHLEBOTOMY FLEBOTOMIA HEMORRHAGE PHILOSOPHY STOIC ROME CLAUDIUS NERO MEDICINE

Hygeia Deity of Health

Author: Contemporary rendition

Location: Alte Antiqkesammlung Museum, Berlin, Germany

Keywords: HYGIENE SALUBRITY SALUD SALUS HEALTH MEDITRINA PANACEA AESCULAPIUS ESCULAPIUS AESKULAPE

Aesculapian Home Altar

Author: Roman era

Location: Pergamon Museum , Berlin, Germany

Keywords: ASKLEPIOS ESCULAPIUS MEDICINE HEALING ARTS HYGIENE PANACEA ASCLEPIUS AESCLEPIUS ESCULAPIO AESCULAPUS ESCULAPIO ESCULAPIUS AESKLIPIAS STAFF MEDICINE EMBLEM HEALING SNAKE PAEAN HEALER HIPPOCRATES OATH FAMILY SPOSE DAUGHTER SON SERVANT CHAIR THRONE SNAKE

Author: from the Isola Tiberina - Farnese Collection Roman replica of a IV c. original

Location: Museo Archeologico Nationale, Naples, Italy

Keywords: AESCULAPIUS ESCULAPIUS ROD STAFF WAND CADUCEUS ASCLEPIUS AESCLEPIUS ESCULAPIO AESCULAPUS ESCULAPIO ESCULAPIUS ASKLEPIOS AESKLIPIAS STAFF MEDICINE EMBLEM HEALING SNAKE PAEAN HEALER HIPPOCRATES OATH

Asclepio tipo Giustini ( Aesculapius or Esculapius )

Author: from the Isola Tiberina - Farnese Collection Roman replica of a IV c. original -

Location: Museo Archeologico Nationale, Naples, Italy

Keywords: AESCULAPIUS ESCULAPIUS ROD STAFF WAND CADUCEUS ASCLEPIUS AESCLEPIUS ESCULAPIO AESCULAPUS ESCULAPIO ESCULAPIUS ASKLEPIOS AESKLIPIAS STAFF MEDICINE EMBLEM HEALING SNAKE PAEAN HEALER HIPPOCRATES OATH