Netter began his long collaboration with the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company (now Novartis Pharmaceuticals). After service in the United States Army during World War II, Dr. 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. 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 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. Netter was born in New York City in 1906. In addition, more than 50 carefully selected radiologic images help bridge illustrated anatomy to living anatomy as seen in everyday practice.įrank H. Together, these two uniquely talented physician-artists highlight the most clinically relevant views of the human body. Machado, one of today’s foremost medical illustrators. Frank Netter, you’ll also find nearly 100 paintings by Dr. The only anatomy atlas illustrated by physicians, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 7th edition, brings you world-renowned, exquisitely clear views of the human body with a clinical perspective.