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After reading over the material I was quite surprised on how much art and medicine go hand-in-hand. Growing up, I thought art was limited to only paintings on the wall but after studying the last few weeks’ material, I now think of art in a broader sense.   Over the past year, I have personally experienced doctors varying and extraordinary techniques (art) on how they perform surgery (medicine). Due to the overuse of my throwing arm last year pitching for the baseball team, I tore a ligament and had UCL reconstruction surgery, most commonly known as Tommy John. For my surgery they used my Palmaris Longus tendon to replace my UCL in my right elbow. My arm after 2 weeks post surgery This type of injury would normally end baseball players career until 1974 when Dr. Frank Jobe performed the first successful surgery on pitcher, Tommy John. Perfecting this surgery technique over the past 43 years has allowed me to keep pursuing my dream to eventually be drafted and play in the Ma