Frank Netter, artist

Anyone who has taken classes in the medical professions is familiar with the work of this man.

Medical illustrations are typically found in textbooks. But a new museum exhibition in New Jersey showcases these illustrations as art.

The exhibition, at the Morris Museum in Morristown, highlights the work of Dr. Frank H. Netter, whose career as a medical illustrator spanned half a century. Dr. Netter, who died in 1991 at the age of 85, produced more than 4,000 detailed images of human anatomy and physiology...

For the Golden Gate Exposition in 1939, Dr. Netter created a 7-foot, three-dimensional "transparent woman," that depicted the physical and sexual development of a woman."We knew it was a successful figure because every 15 minutes, someone viewing the presentation fainted," Dr. Netter said.

A preview gallery of the exhibit is posted at the New York Times.  Photo credit NetterImages.com.