337 // MSN1 / Man as Machine
I found this depiction on a website about Chinese medicine and their approach to health compared to the Western world. Have a look at their site as it is quite interesting, especially as it seems that our Western idea of the body seems to be quite similiar to the one of Fritz Kahn and his mechanical illustrations:
The body is
like a machine
that can be dismantled
into the heart as pump,
the lungs as bellows,
the joints as gears and
levers, the nervous system
as electrical circuitry,
the brain as computer,
the eye as camera,
the stomach as chemical
beaker, the intestines
as plumbing, and the liver
and kidneys as filters.
