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Dear all
There are still places left for the second lecture in the How Do You Look? series, on Thursday 12 October 2006 at 7pm in Lecture Theatre 1
Mr Francis Wells, Consultant Heart Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge will speak on
Many look but few 'see' - human anatomy through the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci
"The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul, is the primary means by which the sensus communis (the coordinating centre for sensory impressions) of the brain may most fully and magnificently contemplate the infinite works of nature"
- Leonardo Da Vinci
There are great men and women from all ages who have engaged their Visual brains in the widest and most profound sense. Perhaps pre-eminent amongst them is Leonardo da Vinci. His endlessly enquiring mind asked questions posed by the visible world around him. Seeing all things as being interrelated and everything as it is for a reason, he concluded that by first looking intently, then thinking constructively, it would be possible to "See" with new eyes the solution to the problems that confronted us and that others had been blind to for generations.
This lecture will describe some of his achievements in the realm of Anatomy and how his "far-sightedness" reaches us today with meaning that is often electrifying. To try to emulate his desire to see can enlighten and invigorate all of us.
Tickets cost £8/ £5 concessions and include a visit to the museum before the lecture and a glass of wine or juice. To book please call 020 7869 6560.
Jane Hughes
Audience Development Officer
Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons
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35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE
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To find out more about the Hunterian Museum click here: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums
The next temporary exhibition is 'How Do You Look? Visual cognition in painting and surgery', 19 September - 22 December 2006. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, in the Qvist Gallery, upper floor of the Hunterian Museum. Free entry, open to all. For more information call 020 7869 6560 or see www.howdoyoulook.co.uk
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