David J. Williams



Department: VAD
Division: Medical Illustration and Communications
Degree(s): AA, BA, MA
Title: PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR
Address: G226 LYNN
Phone: (765) 494-1153
Fax: (765)-494-6197
E-mail: djw@vet.purdue.edu


Research Interests

I am interested in the history of art in science and medicine, especially the history of medical illustration.


Recent Publications


Textbooks

Dunlop RH, Williams DJ, Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History, Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis. July 1995. 692 pp. 529 illus.

Chinese edition of Fundamental Techniques in Veterinary Surgery, Knecht CD, Allen AR, Williams DJ, Johnson JH. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1995.


Refereed Journal Articles

Stromberg MW, Williams DJ, Misrepresentation of the Human Pelvis, J of Biocommunication 1993; 20:2, 14-28. Winner of the Association of Medical Illustrators 1994 Literary Award

Williams DJ, Art, Anatomy and Medicine: The Evolution of Medical Illustration, Helix 1992; 1:2, 34-39.

Williams DJ, The History of Eduard Pernkopf's Topographische Anatomie des Menschen, J of Biocommunication 1988; 15:2, 2-12. Winner of the Association of Medical Illustrators 1989 Literary Award


Book Review

Max Brödel. The Man Who Put Art Into Medicine, Crosby R and Cody, J., History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Stazione Zoologica, `Anton Dohrn', Naples, Italy, 1995.


Professional Interests

Instructional Development and Technology
Multimedia
Academic Publishing
Biomedical Communication


David J. Williams' Medical Illustration Gallery

Traditional medical illustration techniques at Purdue's SVM

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