Medical illustration is one well known human anatomy textbook that showcases a variety of anatomy depiction techniques. In 1895, Konrad Roentgen, a German physicist discovered the X-Ray. Internal imaging became a reality after the invention of the X-Ray. Since then internal imaging has progressed to include ultrasonic, CT, and MRI imaging. As a profession, medical illustration has a more recent history. In the late 1890s, Max Brödel, a talented artist from Leipzig, 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 an extraordinary
Abraham Roentgen Abraham Roentgen Abraham Roentgen (30 January 1711 – 1 March 1793) was a German Ébéniste (cabinetmaker). Roentgen was born in Mülheim am Rhein, Germany. He learned cabinet making from his father. At age 20, he traveled to Den Haag, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, learning from established cabinet makers. He became known for his marquetry work, and worked in London (in the workshop of William Gomm) until 1738. On 18 April 1739, he married Susanne Marie Bausch from Herrnhut. His son, David Roentgen, was born on 11 August 1743. In 1753 they migrated to the Moravian settlement at Neuwied, near Coblenz, where