摘要：In the history of medicine, relatively little attention has been paid to the way medical illustration circulated globally—or to the issues raised by the cultural “translation” of such images. My goal here is to flesh out some of the history of this circulation and translation by exploring the aesthetic and medical connections between two specific anatomical collections, both housed at the Gordon Pathology Museum at Guy’s Hospital, London. The Joseph Towne collection of anatomical waxes and the Lam Qua paintings of the patients of medical missionary Peter Parker were both produced in the nineteenth century. Significantly, the two collections were part of related but culturally specific shifts in the way bodies (and diseased bodies) were viewed, represented, understood and treated. I explore some of the convergences and divergences between Western and Chinese medical and artistic priorities and will address some of the issues raised by them. These two collections are important, I argue, because they demonstrate how aesthetic considerations shape medical knowledge and wider attitudes about the human body.

摘要：有一种观点认为,2001年诺贝尔文学奖得主V.S.奈保尔背叛了自己成长于其中的西印度,成了新殖民主义的代言人。可即使苛刻的批评家也承认他在艺术方面的卓越才能,他自始至终都在着力呈现世界上许多地方落后社会的种种弊病。本文通过分析其小说和其他文字,发现在奈保尔令人讨厌的殖民主义表象之下,隐藏着一种深刻的反讽。奈保尔更是将其作家的隐藏身份推向极致;他以一种反讽的方式生活着。他没有为其苛刻进行辩解或规避,而是颠覆性地在他人和作为媒介的自己身上体现出殖民主义最恶劣的一些思想。