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Medical Illustration Masters: Vesalius & Netter

This document provides information on several medical illustrators and their works, including Andreas Vesalius, Frank H. Netter, and digital resources like VisualDx and Anatomy.TV. It discusses Vesalius' contributions to anatomical illustration and dissection techniques in the 16th century. It then focuses on Frank Netter, describing his background and career producing over 4,000 anatomical illustrations for medical education over 50 years. The document concludes by detailing some of Netter's major works and how VisualDx and Anatomy.TV provide interactive 3D models and images to supplement learning.

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Medical Illustration Masters: Vesalius & Netter

This document provides information on several medical illustrators and their works, including Andreas Vesalius, Frank H. Netter, and digital resources like VisualDx and Anatomy.TV. It discusses Vesalius' contributions to anatomical illustration and dissection techniques in the 16th century. It then focuses on Frank Netter, describing his background and career producing over 4,000 anatomical illustrations for medical education over 50 years. The document concludes by detailing some of Netter's major works and how VisualDx and Anatomy.TV provide interactive 3D models and images to supplement learning.

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PICTURING

MEDICINE
Exhibit curated by
Susan Bishop and Nancy
Bianchi

Online exhibit created by


Susan Bishop
Andreas Vesalius (1514
1564)
Physician, Anatomist,
Born in Brussels, Belgium
Chair of Surgery and Anatomy at
Author Padua, Italy
Used dissection as his primary
teaching tool
Set a new standard in
anatomical illustration
Work on the vascular and circulatory
systems one of his greatest
contributions
to complex and modern medicine
The Basel Skeleton
1543 conducted a
Vesalius
public dissection of the
body of Jakob Karrer von
Gebweiler, a notorius felon
from Basel, Switzerland.
The Basel Skeleton is
Vesalius
only well-preserved
Displayed at the
skeletal preparation today
& the worlds oldest
Anatomical Museum of the
Illustrations by Andreas
Vesalius
De humani corporis Fabrica
First Edition, 1543
Frank H. Netter (1906 1991)
Do you know this man?
Although you may not
recognize his face or
name, you will undoubtedly
know him by his human
anatomy and physiology
illustrations.
Dr. Frank Netter, the acclaimed master of
medical illustration, is considered to be the
Michelangelo of Medicine
Frank Netter was born in NYC in 1906
He trained as an artist at the National Academy
of Design and the Arts Students League
in NYC
His friends included Norman Rockwell
and Maxfield Parrish while his clients
were the highly regarded The Saturday Evening
Post and the New York Times
To honor his mothers dying wishes, he enrolled in
medical school at NYU School of Medicine and
completed his surgical residency in 1933
Netter financed his education by doing
illustrations for his professors books
and articles
He continued to work on medical illustrations, then
for the Swiss pharmaceutical company Ciba
(which later became Ciba-Geigy and then, Novartis)
In 1936 he began a life-long
collaboration with the Ciba Company
Netters artistic work spanned more than a half-century.
His legacy lives on in the form of his world-renowned
medical illustrations, which include the following:
Clinical Symposia (1948 present) a quarterly
publication of a series of monographs focusing on
diagnosis and treatment of a specific medical condition
Atlas of Human Anatomy (1989) considered to be
Netters greatest artistic achievement
The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations
(1953 1993) a 13-volume set illustrating all organ
systems of the human body. Often referred to as the
green books in medicine
During his lifetime,
Frank Netter
produced more than
4000 illustrations
Netter strived to create faces
and bodies in his work that
reflected their individual
personalities.
His sense of humanity and
empathy for patients is one of
the most distinguishing features
of his paintings.
As he said:
I try to depict living patients
whenever possible, After all,
physicians do see patients, and we
must remember we are treating
whole human beings.
Images
Go
Online visual diagnostic decision support
system
Links health care professionals to medical
images and
information
Prepared by physician scholars
Integrated with regularly updated &
physician-
reviewed clinical information
Corneal
Foreign
Body
Pulmonary
Embolism
Anatomy TV is a suite of
3D interactive models of
human anatomy
Key Features:
3D modeling of all structures
Models rotate through 360 degrees
Add or remove layers of anatomy
Link to relevant text, dissections,
clinical slides,
VisualDx and [Link] are
available
from the Dana Medical Library
homepage
under Articles & Databases
WL 17 F352n 2003
Hansen, John T. Netters atlas of human physiology. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, NJ, 2002. QT
17 H249n 2002
Felten, David L. Netters atlas of neuroscience. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2010. WL 17
F325n 2010
Runge, Marschall S. Netters cardiology. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, NJ. WG 120 N474 2004
Thompson, Jon C. Netters concise atlas of orthopaedic anatomy. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro,
NJ, 2002.
WE 17 T4725h 2002
Thompson, Jon C. Netters concise orthopaedic anatomy. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
WE 17 T4725h 2010
Major, Nancy M. Netters correlative imaging: musculoskeletal anatomy. Elsevier/Saunders,
Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
WN 180 M234n 2011
Ovalle, William K. Netters essential histology. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. QS 517
O96n 2008
Mulroney, Susan E. Netters essential physiology. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. QT 17
M961n 2009
Buja, L Maximilian. Netters illustrated human pathology. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, NJ, 2005.
QZ 17 B932n 2005
Raffa, Robert B. Netters illustrated pharmacology. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, NJ, 2005. QV
17 R136n 2005
Jong, Elaine C. Netters infectious diseases. Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 2012. WC 100
N474 2012
Runge, Marschall S. Netters internal medicine. Saunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. WB 17
N474 2009
Runge, Marschall S. Netters internal medicine. Icon Learning Systems, Teterboro, NJ, 2003. WB 17
N474 2003
Cochard, Larry R. Netters introduction to imaging. Elsevier/Saunders, St. Louis, MO, 2012. WN 180

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