Atlas of Human Anatomy Professional Edition-7판

About the Author




Frank H. Netter was born in New York City in 1906. He studied art at the Art Students League and the National Academy
of
Design before entering medical school at New York University, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1931.
During
his student years, Dr. Netter’s notebook sketches attracted the attention of the medical faculty and other physicians,
allowing him to augment his income by illustrating articles and textbooks. He continued illustrating as a sideline
after
establishing a surgical practice in 1933, but he ultimately opted to give up his practice in favor of a full-time
commitment
to art. After service in the United States Army during World War II, Dr. Netter began his long collaboration with the
CIBA
Pharmaceutical Company (now Novartis Pharmaceuticals). This 45-year partnership resulted in the production of the
extraordinary collection of medical art so familiar to physicians and other medical professionals worldwide. Icon
Learning
Systems acquired the Netter Collection in July 2000 and continued to update Dr. Netter’s original paintings and to add
newly
commissioned paintings by artists trained in the style of Dr. Netter. In 2005, Elsevier Inc. purchased the Netter
Collection
and all publications from Icon Learning Systems. There are now over 50 publications featuring the art of Dr. Netter
available
through Elsevier Inc.

Dr. Netter’s works are among the finest examples of the use of illustration in the teaching of medical concepts. The
13-book
Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations, which includes the greater part of the more than 20,000 paintings created
by Dr.
Netter, became and remains one of the most famous medical works ever published. The Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy,
first
published in 1989, presents the anatomic paintings from the Netter Collection. Now translated into 16 languages, it is
the
anatomy atlas of choice among medical and health professions students the world over.