Drawing to Learn: Artistic Renderings of Vascular Surgery

This exhibit highlights selected drawings from the Ruth Lilly Medical Library’s Vascular Surgery Drawings Collection, which consists of 28 color drawings of vascular surgery procedures including endarterectomies, bypasses, grafts, aneurysmal repairs, arterial incisions, and pacemaker implantations created by two unknown artists been 1963 and 1964. Most of the drawings were done on Crescent illustration boards using a combination of paint and ink. The drawings featured in the exhibit are supplemented by selected illustrations and images from Draw It to Know it, AccessMedicine, Clinical Key, and other familiar medical education resources.