ABSTRACT
Medical illustration is a field of visual communication with a long history. Leonardo Da Vinci, inventor, scientist, and illustrator, is perhaps the best known pioneer of medical art, but many other individuals, such as the famous anatomist Vesalius, also contributed to the development of the profession. Understandably, many factors have impacted the field throughout its growth, but the primary goal of a medical artist-to explain visually information about the health sciences-has remained unchanged. Other goals such as marketing and advertising of products are subsidiary to this central objective of presenting educational imagery to health science professionals and patients alike.
