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Medicina nei secoli · Jan 2014
Historical ArticleThe monstrous metallic in medicine and horror cinema.
- Niall Scott.
- Med Secoli. 2014 Jan 1;26(1):313-31.
Abstract`This paper considers the monstrous nature of medical tools and devices through the lens of horror cinema and the art of Damien Hirst. In it I argue for a shift from the monster and the monstrous as organic to the threat of the monster as an inorganic object in tools such as the scalpel and syringe. However, the metaphorical significance of the monster is sustained in these tools where human technological creations continue the discourse of the monster as a product of human creativity.
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