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dissections show and label most every part of the human body. The collection is the product of a 17-year
collaboration between David L. Bassett, a School of Medicine alumnus and faculty member known for his elegant
dissections and love for the human body, and William Gruber, the photographer who invented the View-Master
stereoscopic viewing device. The partnership between the two resulted in the production of the Stereoscopic Atlas
of Human Anatomy, which began in 1948, but was not not completed until 1962. It consisted of 221 View-Master
reels with 1,554 color stereo views of dissections of every body region. Each stereo view was accompanied by a
black-and-white, labeled drawing and explanatory text. A courtesy the Lane Medical Archives (thanks Drew!), today
we present you some of the most impressive pictures of The Basset Collection. Meet the Human Body.