Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary by Dorland
Stay current with all the latest terminology in today's ever-evolving medical field with the 29th Edition of Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary. Based on Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the most trusted medical dictionary used by today's health care professionals, this portable and user-friendly resource puts dependable and indispensable information at your fingertips. Quickly find what you need from among 36,000+ medical terms, including more than 3,100 new and revised entries reflecting the most important changes in medicine. You'll also have full-color images throughout, a PIN code to download a spell checker, and a 32-page set of color anatomical plates including 19 plates from the Netter collection. At any stage in your career, this pocket-sized reference is the convenient, portable way to access Dorland's - the first and last word in medicine for over 110 years. Find dependable definitions for the most essential medical terms with content based on Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the most trusted medical dictionary used by today's health care professionals. Visualize medical concepts with full-color illustrations used throughout the text. Better understand anatomy by viewing a special 32-page set of color anatomical plates, including 19 plates from the Netter collection. Carry Dorland's to the lab, the classroom, or the office thanks to its small, portable format. Keep up with today's ever-evolving and expanding medical terminology with 3,100+ new and revised entries. Enhance your understanding of complex information with 227 full-color illustrations, including 80 brand-new images, and 32 color anatomical plates, 19 from the Netter collection Find more adjectival forms within many definitions to better cover all parts of speech. Conveniently check spelling by downloading Dorland's Electronic Medical Speller Essentials. Find what you are looking for quickly with the help of the handy thumb index. Dorland's: the first and last word in medicine for over 110 yearsFrank H. Netter was born in New York City in 1906. He studied art at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design before entering medical school at New York University, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1931. During his student years, Dr. Netter's notebook sketches attracted the attention of the medical faculty and other physicians, allowing him to augment his income by illustrating articles and textbooks. He continued illustrating as a sideline after establishing a surgical practice in 1933, but he ultimately opted to give up his practice in favor of a full-time commitment to art. After service in the United States Army during World War II, Dr. Netter began his long collaboration with the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company (now Novartis Pharmaceuticals). This 45-year partnership resulted in the production of the extraordinary collection of medical art so familiar to physicians and other medical professionals worldwide. Icon Learning Systems acquired the Netter Collection in July 2000 and continued to update Dr. Netter's original paintings and to add newly commissioned paintings by artists trained in the style of Dr. Netter. In 2005, Elsevier Inc. purchased the Netter Collection and all publications from Icon Learning Systems. There are now over 50 publications featuring the art of Dr. Netter available through Elsevier Inc.
Dr. Netter's works are among the finest examples of the use of illustration in the teaching of medical concepts. The 13-book Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations, which includes the greater part of the more than 20,000 paintings created by Dr. Netter, became and remains one of the most famous medical works ever published. The Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, first published in 1989, presents the anatomic paintings from the Netter Collection. Now translated into 16 languages, it is the anatomy atlas of choice among medical and health professions students the world over.
The Netter illustrations are appreciated not only for their aesthetic qualities, but, more importantly, for their intellectual content. As Dr. Netter wrote in 1949 clarification of a subject is the aim and goal of illustration. No matter how beautifully painted, how delicately and subtly rendered a subject may be, it is of little value as a medical illustration if it does not serve to make clear some medical point. Dr. Netter's planning, conception, point of view, and approach are what inform his paintings and what make them so intellectually valuable.
Frank H. Netter, MD, physician and artist, died in 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781455708437 |
| ISBN 10 | 1455708437 |
| Title | Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary |
| Author | Dorland |
| Series | Dorland's Medical Dictionary |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division |
| Year published | 2012-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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