[Visualized medicine. Macroscopy, molecular anatomy and medical art]

Quite frequently clinicians avail themselves of works of well known artists in order to illustrate certain diseases. In contrast, pathologists find it harder to use art to demonstrate morphology. My approach to compensate for this is twofold: on the one hand, with 8 mostly three dimensional wooden objects with either mirror or aluminium elements, on the other with 449 collages consisting of pictures exclusively with a medical background (histology, radiology, nuclear medicine) or showing a combination of histological or cytological photos with pictures of flowers, trees or landscapes. My experience is that this technique arouses interest in complex medical issues even with medically unqualified individuals.