Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Santiago Ramon y Cajal

  • Mimetic medical terminologies inspired by the plant world

    Saty Satya-MurtiSanta Maria, California, United States Plants have long inspired humans. Early natural scientists were struck by similarities between structural anatomy in animals and the botanical arrangements of plants. Bent tree trunks, spreading foliage, forested canopies, and curvaceous tendrils inspired them to draw artistic comparisons, both obvious and imagined, between plants and animals. Phenomenologists coined…