School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5123, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Jan;99(1):23-30. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.1.006.
The paper demonstrates how visual representation of the fetus in early anatomy texts influenced the reader's perception of the unborn child as an autonomous being.
The health, art, and history literatures were used as sources. Original texts and illustrations, with particular attention paid to the Casserius Tables, published by Andreas Spigelius in 1627, are discussed.
A review of the literature was conducted to identify and analyze published renderings, reproductions, and discussion of images of the unborn child. Original anatomy atlases were consulted.
Artists' renderings of a particularly vulnerable state of human life influenced early perceptions of the status of the unborn child. The images show fetuses as highly independent, providing a visual cue that life is fully formed in utero.
The legacy of the Casserius Tables is that they are still able to capture our attention because they portray the idea of a fetus and newborn even more clearly than our modern representations of this charged topic. The use of deceptive realism provides the viewer with an accessible visual representation of the unborn child. These early anatomy illustrations continue to influence modern-day perception of the unborn child as a separate being, completely autonomous from the mother.
本文展示了早期解剖学文本中胎儿的视觉表现如何影响读者对未出生婴儿作为自主个体的感知。
本研究使用了健康、艺术和历史文献作为资料来源。讨论了 Andreas Spigelius 于 1627 年出版的《Casserius 表》中的原始文本和插图，特别关注了其中的胎儿图像。
通过文献回顾，确定并分析了未出生婴儿的图像的发表渲染、复制和讨论。查阅了原始解剖图谱。
艺术家对人类生命特别脆弱状态的渲染影响了对未出生婴儿地位的早期看法。这些图像显示胎儿具有高度的独立性，提供了一个视觉线索，表明生命在子宫内完全形成。
《Casserius 表》的遗产在于，它们仍然能够引起我们的注意，因为它们比我们现代对这个热门话题的表现更清晰地描绘了胎儿和新生儿的形象。欺骗性现实主义的使用为观众提供了一个易于理解的未出生婴儿的视觉表现。这些早期的解剖学插图继续影响着现代对未出生婴儿作为一个独立个体、完全独立于母亲的看法。
