Brainstem, spinal cord images hidden in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco
Posted by Lucia Grosaru | Posted in News | Posted on 29-07-2010 |
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Tags: Anatomy, Brainstem, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Spinal Cord
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ScienceDaily (2010-07-28) — Michelangelo, the 16th century master painter and accomplished anatomist, appears to have hidden an image of the brainstem and spinal cord in a depiction of God in the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, a new study reports. These findings by a neurosurgeon and a medical illustrator may explain long controversial and unusual features of [...]



