The Vitruvian Man is a famous drawing with accompanying notes by Leonardo da Vinci made around the year 1490 in one of his journals. It depicts a naked male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is on display in the Galleries dell' Academia in Venice, Italy.

This image provides the perfect example of Leonardo's keen interest in proportion. In addition, this picture represents a cornerstone of Leonardo's attempts to relate man to nature. 

Encyclopedia Britannica online states, "Leonardo envisaged the great picture chart of the human body he had produced through his anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a 'cosmografia del minor mondo' (cosmography of the microcosm). He believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe." 

It is also believed by some, that Leonardo Da Vinci symbolised the material existence by the square and spiritual existence by the circle. Thus he attempted to depict the correlation between these two aspects of human existence.

Vitruvian Man remains one of the most referenced and reproduced artistic images in the world today and universally symbolizes Medical Illustration. 

MEdRC has stylized the original drawing and has adapted it as its logo – with its own internal corporate interpretations:

• Leonardo is the all-time all-round genius role model that symbolizes what human beings are capable of achieving – and what MEdRC seeks to facilitate.
  

• Each one of us at MEdRC is as passionate about being ahead of the times, as was Leonardo, being imaginative and innovate using our minds and the fantastic tools available today!
  

•  To usher in the renaissance in the world of medical education.
  

•  The Circle and Square are harmoniously interspersed – the Circle symbolizes our corporate philosophy to keep moving and adapting to changes brought about by technology to our advantage and the square giving rock solid stability to our vision and endeavour. In the centre of what we do is the human being, in the form of a star, stretching out in all directions with focus being on the head, where lies our intellect.