Whether vaccinations, check-ups or glasses and hearing aids: The medicine and its technical aids influence our everyday lives. It is due to the progress in medical research that not only do we live longer but also better lives, and that previously deadly diseases have lost their dangerousness or could even be completely eradicated. With the emergence of modern medicine, however, was also accompanied by a new, scientifically-based image of man. The Great State Exhibition Baden-Württemberg “Herzblut – History and Future of Medical Technology”, which shows the Mannheim TECHNOSEUM from 5 November 2014 to 7 June 2015, tackles this topic: The show traces the development of medical technology from the 19th century to this day, starting with historical stethoscopes and an amputation set from the 1840s to modern hand prostheses and today’s imaging techniques, which open up a more and more detailed view into the body [… German]