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The Fine Line Between Medicine and Torture. Historical Iconography of Instruments and Practices

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Numerous instruments of torture, even on a superficial observation, resemble surgical tools and therapeutic aids. A more careful analysis of their respective uses and operations reveals, in effect, that when they do not simply involve the distorted and aberrant use of surgical effects, they represent an exaggerated application of forces and movements that, to attain a medical-therapeutic effect, should be limited and controlled.

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  1. Department of Legal and Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Public Health, University-Hospital of Padova, Via Falloppio 50, 35121, Padua, Italy

    Guido Pelletti & Sindi Visentin

  2. Section of History of Medicine, Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University-Hospital of Padova, Via Gabelli 61, 35121, Padua, Italy

    Maurizio Rippa Bonati

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  1. Guido Pelletti
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Correspondence to Guido Pelletti .

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  1. Department of Legal and Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Public Health, University-Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Santo Davide Ferrara

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Pelletti, G., Visentin, S., Rippa Bonati, M. (2017). The Fine Line Between Medicine and Torture. Historical Iconography of Instruments and Practices. In: Ferrara, S. (eds) P5 Medicine and Justice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67092-8_40

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