PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

The events in history of humanity are reflected in art. Through visual communication, mankind expressed themselves through symbols and drawings before verbal expression. Society’s socio-cultural structures reaches today and inform us through painting, sculpture, ceramic, writing and even with own bones. Survival accomplished with methods developed againts the unknown. Desperation towards illness necessitates to know and search thebody. Why do we get sick? Medical science constantly develops with the search of an answer. Vision has permanent influence on learning. Visual expressions prepared through doctorartist collaboration. Surgical techniques described in details in published books. In this article, the antique ear healing methods of religious healers, with invention of writing the illustrative recording of Egypt, Greek, Mesopotamia and China’s medical practises. The effect of working with corpses on anatomy under he influence of religion. Anatomy books prepared with art techniques of Renaissance era. Illustrative works in development of surgey as science and drawings created through computer technology wereexamined.