Circulating Humor, The Joseph Schwarting Illustrations

Cartoons of red arteries and blue veins illustrate the principles of cardiovascular medicine. These illustrations appeared on the back covers of The Heart Bulletin. The figures underwent a transition over the years, as the artist refined his ideas about illustrating medical quotes. The quotes prompting the cartoons came from a variety of philosophers and physicians who pondered cardiovascular theory through the centuries.

Joseph Schwarting was the foremost artist for Medical Arts Publishing Foundation, which was noted for using original art for each graphic in every journal. The Heart Bulletin was published by the Medical Art Publishing Foundation, Houston, TX, which also published The Cancer Bulletin and The Psychiatric Bulletin. Each of these journals was notable for the original portraits and illustrations produced for the front covers.

William Withering, 1785 larger image	Willem Einthoven, 1903 larger image	Leopold Auenbrugger larger image	Letulle larger image	Michael Servetus larger image

Arthur Fallot, 1888 larger image	John Frederick Poynton, 1913 larger image	Jean-Baptiste de Senac, 1749 larger image	Stephen Hales, 1769 larger image	Caleb Hillier Parry, 1825 larger image

Rudolph Matas, 1940 larger image	James Mackenzie, 1908 larger image	Abraham Cowley larger image	Frank N. Wilson, 1932 larger image	Georg Newman, 1931 larger image

Charles H. Mayo, 1930 larger image	James B. Harrick, 1912 larger image	James B. Herrick, 1942 larger image	Dominic J. Corrigan, 1853 larger image	Dominic J. Corrigan, 1832 larger image

Pliny larger image	Aristotle larger image	Noel A. Gillespie, 1946 larger image	Richard Bright, 1827 larger image	Samuel Clark Harvey, 1929 larger image