Dr.Frank H.Netter exemplified the distinct vocations of physiaan，artist，and teacher.Even moreimportant-he unified them.Netter's illustrations always began with meticulous research into the detailed human clinical anatomy and pathology， a philosophy that steered his broad and deep medical understanding.He often said： "Clarifi-cation is the goal.No matter how beau-tifully painted， a medical illustration has little value ifit does not make clear a medical point." His greatest challenge and greatest success was charting middle course between artistic clarity and instructional complexity.That suc-cess is captured in this series， beginning in 1948， when the first comprehensive collection of Netter's work， a single volume， was published by CIBA Pharmaceuticals.It met with such success that over the following 40 years the collection was expanded into an 8-volume series-each devoted to a single body system.In this second edition of the legendary series， we are delighted to offer Netter's timeless work now arrang...
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Combining Dr. Frank Netter's classic medical illus-trations with a first-rate， current text is a brilliant idea. The choice of authors could not be better； as a group they are well-regarded clinicians whose experi-ence as teachers， having national and sometimes inter-national reputations， is well illustrated by the clarity of their writing. Very clearly there has been great atten-tion to achieving a supple， readable style. The added images， such as the MRIs and other visual tools， are very well chosen. Their clarity for teaching purposes matches the text in quality， and these are nicely inte-grated with Netter's classic imagery. The most impres-sive thing about this effort is the marvelous embedding of Netter's illustrations into the text with preservation of coherence.The original publication of these illustrations in the first Netter adas was a regular， albeit unofficial， part of medical school neurologic learning early in my career during the 1960s. Concomitantly， Netter's corollary bi-monthly wlute-co...
