About the Publisher, Wolf Fly Press
We are an independent book publisher
located in South Westerlo, New York. Bones
and Muscles: An Illustrated Anatomy was our first book, and
we are now introducing to your our newest addition. See
Here, is a book about the anatomy of the eye and much more;
a book that Cantarella was well trained to undertake from her lifetime
as an illustrator for Ophthalmology. You may see more details about
each book below, or by following the links provided. Purchase Bones
and Muscles: An Illustrated Anatomy and See
Here through our online
store.
Bones
and Muscles: An Illustrated Anatomy
is 187 pages long with 144 full-color illustrations. It is the first anatomy
textbook available only in ebook format. It can be downloaded in whole
or in part as a PDF file, or ordered as a CD at a fraction of the cost
of a typical medical textbook. Use the order link below, or throughout
the website.
Bones and Muscles focuses on only one aspect of the human body--the origins and insertions of the voluntary muscles. The format is simple and uncluttered, with drawings on the right and text--including actions, origins and insertions of the muscles--on the left. Translations of the names of the bones and muscles from the Latin and Greek are provided.
See
Here is a small book packed with information about the eye, the
anatomy of the eye, as well as common ailments and how they are treated.
Interspered with the science and medicine are stories gleaned from the
author's career as a medical illustrator for some of the nation's leading
ophthlamic surgeons.
See Here
is 78 pages long with 17 illustrations, 5 in color. It can be bought as
a paperback for $15.00 through the order page below and throughout the
website.
Please visit the links above for each book to obtain more
detail.
We also invite you to order
online at your convenience.
About the Author, Virginia Cantarella
Virginia Cantarella is a medical illustrator and fine artist who is known for the beauty and precision of her drawings and paintings.
Educated as a fine artist at the Boston Museum School, she has been a medical illustrator since the early 60s, illustrating over 20 medical textbooks.*
Cantarella started medical illustrating 32 years ago in her twenties, when her ophthalmologist asked her to do some drawings for him. He was so impressed with her drawings that he introduced her to his colleague, Richard Troutman, the world-renowned corneal surgeon who introduced microsurgery to the United States, changing all ophthalmic surgery forever. She illustrated three of his books, soon becoming recognized as an illustrator of ophthalmic surgery. Other ophthalmic surgeons, and then ophthalmic plastic surgeons, asked her to illustrate their books. During 25 years in the field, she illustrated over 20 major texts, not only in ophthalmic and ophthalmic plastic surgery but also in plastic and reconstructive surgery of the whole body and dermatological surgery, working with some of the finest surgeons in the country. ( See below for a list of her works.)
She taught medical illustration as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Long Island University for four years and assisted in teaching courses in microsurgery of the eye at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
An accomplished painter as well as medical illustrator, Cantarella's paintings have been exhibited in many group shows. She has had one person shows at the Brownstone Gallery, the Bellanthi Gallery and Gallery 84 in New York City, at Long Island University, and at the Renssalaerville Institute of Arts and Sciences and Hudson's ArtSpace in upstate New York. She was one of 15 chosen artists, out of 200 applicants, selected for the Multiple Sclerosis Society's exhibit, "The Creative Will" which opened at NYU's Grey Gallery and then toured the United States for two years.
Ms. Cantarella has suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years but that has not slowed her prodigious output as both a painter and medical illustrator.
After raising her two children in Brooklyn, Ms. Cantarella moved to upstate New York and now lives in South Westerlo, New York with her husband Herman Shonbrun. She retired from medical illustrating in 1997, and is now devoting herself full time to her fine art.
She is a member of the Graphic Artists Guild and the Association of Medical Illustrators.
* Medical Texts (partial list):
- Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; Drs. Thomas Rees, M.D. and Greg La Trenta, M.D.; Revision, 2 vols; about 800 illustrations; WB Saunders.
- Rhinoplasty, Problems and Controversies; Thomas Rees, M.D.; contributed 100 illustrations, WB Saunders.
- Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Drs. Byron Smith, Frank Nesi, Robert Della Rocca and Richard Lisman, 2 vols; about 900 illustrations; Mosby/Yearbook.
- Surgery of the Eyelids and Orbit, an Anatomical Approach; Drs. Robert Della Rocca and Brad Lemke; 200 illustrations; Appleton & Lange.
- Microsurgery of the Anterior Segment of the Eye; Richard Troutman, M.D.; 3 vols.; about 1200 illustrations; CV Mosby.
- Fundamentals of Cutaneous Surgery; Richard Bennett, M.D.; 500 illustrations; Mosby/Yearbook.
- Liposuction and Aesthetic Surgery; Gerald Pitman, M.D.; 400 illustrations; Quality Publishing.
- Atlas of Contemporary Ophthalmic Surgery; Henry Clayman M.D.;1500 illustrations; CV Mosby
- Intraocular Lens Implants; Henry Clayman, M.D.; 300 illustrations; CV Mosby.
- Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery for the General Ophthalmologist; Murray Meltzer M.D.; 100 illustrations; Williams & Wilkins.
- Strabismus Surgery; Renée Richards M.D.; 200 illustrations, Williams & Wilkins.