The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations; Volume 5: A Compilation of Painting on the Normal and Pathologic Anatomy and Physiology, Embryology, and Diseases of the Heart by Netter, Frank H. (Preparer), and Yonkman, Frederick F. (Editor) - 1981

Summit, NJ: CIBA, 1981. Fifth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Clear, worn and torn, plastic dust wrapper.. Frank H. Netter. xvi, 295, [1] pages. Dust wrapper torn (front flap separated) and chipped at edges. Foreword. Illustrations (many in color). Glossary. References. Index. Format is approximately 12.5 inches by 9.5 inches. Presentation bookplate inside front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Frank H. Netter (25 April 1906 - 17 September 1991) was an American surgeon and celebrated medical illustrator. The first edition of his Atlas of Human Anatomy was published in 1989; he was a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine where he was first published in 1957. In 1936, the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company commissioned a small work from him, a fold-up illustration of a heart to promote the sale of digitalis. This proved hugely popular with physicians, and a reprint without the advertising copy was even more popular. Quickly following on the success of the fold-up heart, fold-up versions of other organs were produced. Netter then proposed that a series of pathology illustrations be produced. CIBA collected these illustrations in book form, producing the CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations, which ultimately comprised 8 volumes (13 books). The most critically acclaimed of all of Dr. Frank H. Netter's works, this fully illustrated single book from the 8-volume/13-book reference collection includes: hundreds of world-renowned illustrations by Frank H. Netter, MD; informative text by recognized medical experts; anatomy, physiology, and pathology; and diagnostic and surgical procedures.