Actress Han Hyo-joo introduces the history of medicine through her voice.
Tonight (12th) the first episode of KBS's grand project 'Transhuman,' part 1 'Cyborg,' introduces an anecdote about Andreas Vesalius, the 'founder of modern anatomy' from the 1500s. Vesalius laid the groundwork for the anatomical book Fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body), which contained more than 300 anatomical illustrations, in the dissection theater set up at the University of Padua in Italy.
When he conducted dissection practice, musicians played music on the highest tier of the lecture hall to soothe souls, and people filled the room from the lower tiers where the smell of corpses was less, in order of nobles and students. It is said they attended the anatomy lectures as if watching a performance. Narrator Han Hyo-joo poses the question, "When did humanity begin to think that the human body could be replaced by machines?" alongside these historical facts, arousing curiosity.
In modern times, Professor Hugh Herr of MIT, who had his leg amputated below the knee in an accident and overcame it, developed a new "amputation technique." Dr. Matthew Catty, who appears in 'Transhuman,' added, "What was required in standard amputations 300 years ago or 2,000 years ago was simply 'stable suturing.' But now the amputation site must function as a conduit for control signals and a pathway for feedback and sensory consolidation," explaining that amputated body parts have become gateways to cutting-edge technologies. The program will reveal in the 'Cyborg' broadcast what kind of world the amputation technique developed by leading technologist Hugh Herr will guide us to.
Han Hyo-joo, who performed the narration, reportedly did not hold back praise, saying, "When I read the final page (of the script), I got chills all over my body." KBS1 TV broadcast tonight at 10 p.m.<
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