Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawingsLearn about the first person to describe the nervous system, including intricate neurons, in exquisite and artistic detail was Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
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Howard Bartner, an NIH medical illustrator, devoted 40 years to portraying human anatomy in his drawingsSantiago Ramón y Cajal was the first to describe the nervous system, including neurons, in exquisite detail. His original drawings, as well as information about current NIH neuroscience, are on exhibit in NIH Building 35, the Porter Neuroscience Center.
