In this collage, Anh Diep blends photos of their research, their own tattoo, and the hands of a tattoo artist and a doctor as an homage to 'The Creation of Adam.' The background is a microscope image of macrophages that they photographed for their PhD research. Illustration by Anh Diep. Tattoos and medicine may seem an unlikely pairing, but medical tattoos are nothing new. Religious tattoos of ancient Egyptians honored the gods and, possibly, directed divine healing to ailing body parts. Circa 150 CE, Galen, a Greek physician working in the Roman Empire, tattooed pigment onto patients' corneas to reduce glare and improve their eyesight.

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