Anatomical drawings

Care must be taken to ensure that artwork does not mislead as to the nature of a medicine or any claim or comparison and that it does not detract from any warnings or contraindications. For example, anatomical drawings used to show results from a study must not exaggerate those results and depictions of children should not be used in relation to products not authorized for use in children in any way which might encourage such use. 

Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64) Belgian physician and anatomist, who was a professor at Padua for six years before becoming a physician to the Habsburg court. He is remembered for producing in 1538-43 definitive text and anatomical drawings of the human body, which were made from actual dissections. 

Moreover, this work is superbly and abundantly illustrated by numerous anatomical drawings, photographs and ultrasound images, all realized with state-of-the-art and high-end equipment. These well chosen illustrations strongly enhance the didactic and educational value of this book. 

Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary. Title page of the first translation into English, 1710. (The engraving of Minerva is hy Michael van der Gucht (1660-1725) from Antwerp, who settled in London in 1682 where he became known for anatomical drawings and as illustrator of Qarendon s History of the Rebellion in England, 1702-4.)... 

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