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Virtual exhibition of the Museum of Pathology of IOC

Part of an important heritage of science and health of Brazilians, almost decimated during the period of the military dictatorship, is back in its place of origin and within everyone's reach. Anatomical drawings, photos, documents and rare medical instruments used in examinations and treatments, as well as old vaccines, gathered since the beginning of the XNUMXth century, are part of the exhibition 'Body, Health and Science: the Museum of Pathology of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute', which can be accessed online (click here).

The virtual exhibition presents anatomical pieces, in addition to objects and documents that total around 100 items that integrate the original historical collection of some of the Biological Collections of greater historical value kept by the IOC and by Fiocruz: the Collection of the Section of Pathological Anatomy, created in 1903 by the sanitarian Oswaldo Cruz himself, based on samples brought from Germany by the researcher Rocha Lima; the Yellow Fever Collection (1928-1970), which records the history of the disease's epidemics in the country; and the Collection of the Department of Pathology of the IOC, started in 1984. The physical exhibition, which integrates the activities of the COC/F Museum of Lifeiocruz was held in 2013.

Body, science and art

The relationship between the body, science and art was highlighted in the exhibition. According to one of the curators of the exhibition, the head of the Laboratory of Pathology at IOC, Marcelo Pelajo, many anatomists of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries were also artists. The representation of anatomy in this period follows a strong tendency towards this approach, not only as an attempt to reproduce the anatomical truth, but also as an inspiration for art. “There is a dialogic issue between the initial study of Anatomy and what people expressed as art.

The exhibition contemplates this relationship based on some artistic expressions, including a reproduction of the work 'Dr. Tulp', by Rembrandt, the original of which is at the Mauritshuis Museum, in The Hague, Netherlands, in order to demonstrate how this exchange between Anatomy and art was constructed, highlighting the importance of this type of knowledge for the formation of artists”, he highlighted.

Conducted by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) and by the House of Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz), the initiative is funded by the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Faperj) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The Biological Institute (São Paulo), the ACCamargo Cancer Center hospital and the Anatomy and D. João VI museums, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), collaborated with the supply of parts.