This lively book, with its spectacular illustrations, tellsthe interesting story of the life of Max Broedel, thepioneering medical illustrator and founder of the Departmentof Art as Applied to Medicine at The Johns HopkinsUniversity in Baltimore.1 Early Years.- 2 Year One: Settling in With Work and La Grande Passion.- 3 Year Two: Painting Techniques, Death, New Loves, and Tornados.- 4 Of Visits, Infections, and Love.- 5 Courtship and Marriage.- 6 Years of Productivity and Starting a Family.- 7 Losses and Gains.- 8 Pre-War Years.- 9 Questions of Loyalty: Early War Years.- 10 Later War Years.- 11 A Life Pattern Established.- 12 A Daughters View.- 13 Last Years, Honors, Death.- Appendix 1 Medical Illustrations.- Appendix 2 Description of Techniques.- Appendix 3 Max Br?dels Nonclinical Art.- Appendix 4 Research and Scientific Publications and other Professional Writings.- Appendix 5 Textbooks Illustrated by Max Br?del.Springer Book Archives