Picasso's Science and Charity and the evolution of the medical art.
Donatella LippiFrancesco Maria GalassiElena VarottoTúlio Vinícius de Oliveira CamposPublished in: Internal and emergency medicine (2024)
The present article reflects on the evolution of clinical medicine throughout time by commenting on Picasso's painting Science and Charity (1897) through a biomedical lens. The two souls of medicine, namely the cold scientific one and the compassionate one, are examined in their dichotomy and their relationship with today's concepts of cure and well-being.
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