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Introduction
Since the sixteenth century, when Andreas Vesalius' (1514-1564) drawings
of dissections revolutionized our knowledge of human physiology, medical
illustrators have become the ultimate portrait painters, rendering the
essence of human life. To this day, medical illustrations remain the primary
source of information for students of human biology and medicine. Continuing
in the tradition of Vesalius, Howard Bartner of the Medical Arts and Photography
Branch at the National Institutes of Health has devoted forty years to
portraying human anatomy in his drawings. This exhibit looks at only a
fraction of his work.
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Credits
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