The Human Body - A Dissection (Not for Weak Hearted People)

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The Human Body - A Dissection (Not for Weak Hearted People)

From the tiniest veins, arteries and nerves to serial cross-sections of the spinal cord, these incredibly detailed 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.

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The onion-like structure is an eye, seen from above with the bony roof of the eye socket removed.

The profusion of blood vessels and the muscles that rotate the eye are visible.

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This dissection of the kidneys was done after red latex was injected into the arteries and blue latex into the veins.

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This dissection of the backbone was performed by Donald Stilwell, another Stanford professor, for the Bassett atlas.

Note the profusion of arterial blood vessels nourishing the vertebral area of the neck and chest area.

Also, at the top, the ends of the vertebral arteries, which pass into the skull to nourish the brain.

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Dissection of the meninges and brain in situ.

On the right the calvaria and layers of the scalp are shown in relation to the dura.

On the left the dura has been cut away to reveal the cerebral hemisphere and cerebellum covered with the arachnoid membrane.

The confluence of the sinuses is shown.

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The sclera and cornea have been cut away on the medial side of a right eye to display the anterior chamber, iris, ciliary body and outer surface of the choroid.

Although none of the vessels has been injected, the branches of the superior and inferior medial vorticose veins are clearly visible.

The long posterior ciliary artery was cut across in the resection of the sclera but its course can be traced nearly to the ciliary body.

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The cervical spinal cord.

By removing the rear arches of the neck (cervical) vertebra and the fibrous covering (dura) over the spinal cord one sees the cervical spinal cord and its nerves.

The blood vessels nourishing the cord and vertebral column and the origin of the cord from the brain are clearly shown.

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