During the 17 years that Max Brödel was illustrating for Dr.
Howard A. Kelly (1894-1911), he became renowned for his art in the numerous
books written by Kelly, some co-authored by other outstanding gynecologists.
During this time, numerous monographs and articles which were illustrated
by Brödel, also appeared in medical journals.
A prolific writer, Kelly, soon outpaced Brödel and turned to him
to locate other artists to assist. In time, two of Brödel's art
school classmates from Leipzig, Herman Becker and August Horn, joined
him.
Their work also appears in the following textbooks: Operative Gynecology
(Vols. I&II), Kelly, Gynecology, Kelly, Medical Gynecology,
Kelly, The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases, Kelly, and Elizabeth
Herndon, Gynecology and Abdominal Surgery (Vols. I&II), Kelly
and Charles Noble, Myomata of the Uterus, Kelly and Cullen, Diseases
of the Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder (Vols. I&II), Kelly and Charles
Burnham.
Dr. Thomas S. Cullen followed Dr. Kelly as Chief of Gynecology. Max
Brödel continued illustrating his books: Adenomyoma of the Uterus
and Embryology, Anatomy and Diseases of the Umbilicus.
Drawings for the textbooks written by Drs. Kelly and Cullen, alone
or with co-authors, are filed according to their figure number in the
book. Some are missing, but in general, are numerous and in good condition.
From 1911 to Brödel's retirement in 1940, each drawing was recorded
numerically from 1 to 989. These are filed by number, with missing drawings
recorded by their image copied from the medical journal.
