Max Brodel American Frohse Antique Anatomical illustrations

Description

Vintage
American Frohse
Anatomical Charts by Max Brodel.
Collection includes Plate
No.s
3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (plate N0. 7 is signed by Mr. Brodel)(plate No. 10 is not depicted due to its sensitive content). Published by A. J. Nystrom and Co, Chicago.  . Sizes are 62 inches high and 41 inches wide.  Very good condition, Minor signs of wear due to age, a few tears but no discoloration. See photos for detail.
Plate No. 3 - The nervous and circulatory systems 1918
Plate No. 5 - The human ear and eye 1918
Plate No. 6 - Viscera of the chest and abdomen 1918
Plate No. 7 - Head and neck 1918 (signed by Mr. Brodel 1919)
Plate No. 8 - The digestive system 1947
Plate No. 9 - The endocrine glands 1939
Plate No. 10 - Human Reproductive organs 1920
Max Brödel
(June 8, 1870 – October 26, 1941) was a medical illustrator.
B
orn in Leipzig, Germany, he began his artistic career after graduating from the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts, working for Dr.
Carl Ludwig
. Under Ludwig's instruction, Brödel gained a basic knowledge of medicine and became recognized for his detailed medical illustrations. In the late 1890s, he was brought to the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
in Baltimore to illustrate for
Harvey Cushing
,
William Halsted
,
Howard Kelly
, and other notable clinicians. In addition to being a prolific medical illustrator, he developed new artistic techniques such as the
carbon dust technique
that helped the advancement of the quality and accuracy of medical illustrations for physicians. In 1911, he presided over the creation of the first Department of Art as Applied to Medicine; located at the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
, it continues to train medical illustrators to this day. His graduates spread out across the world, and have founded a number of
other academic programs
.