CASO CLÍNICO
CASE REPORT
Algarve Médico, 2020; 12 (4): 30 - 43
On some Specimens in the Museum of Pathology of the Faculty of Medicine at Coimbra University Daniel Cartucho1,2 1 2
. Serviço de Cirurgia II - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Algarve . Algarve Biomedical Centre (ABC)
dcartucho@gmail.com
Abstract Traditionally, pathology museums served the purpose of being a part of the educational program of the Faculties of Medicine as an example of the teaching of a certain disease. The fascination provoked in students was largely a measure of making them conscious that they were entering a peculiar and frankly different world that was unknown to them up until that point. Simultaneously, in the face of the diversity observed and limited medical understanding, there is a strong incentive to investigate this world of medicine. The use of photography in illustrating historical medicine with images is not novelty. Presently, the extent to which our existence depends upon images in a world bound together by visual communication is undeniable: photographs are often credible sources of illustrating the past as well as a widely accepted communication device in the present, and can be an important reference for future generations. The author refers to his experience as a student where he recorded a photographic memoir which reflects the reality of a period and concludes with comments on the present role of Pathology Museums today.
Keywords: History of Medicine; Museum of Pathology; Wax model.
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