David L. Bassett

David Lee Bassett (1913-1966) graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1939.^[1] He was an expert of anatomy and dissection at the University of Washington, best known for creating, in collaboration with William Gruber, the 25-volume "Stereoscopic Atlas of Human Anatomy" in 1962. The atlas is a series of paired slides that use Gruber's View-Master three-dimensional viewing system to display a perception of depth and levels of detail that made Bassett's work pioneering.^[2] Bassett died soon after from amyloid disease; his materials were used in revisions and other works with permission of his widow Lucille F. Bassett. ^[3]

References

1. ^ "Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy". lane.stanford.edu: Stanford School of Medicine. http://lane.stanford.edu/biomed-resources/bassett/index.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Schwartz, John (April 22, 2008). "The Body in Depth". www.nytimes.com: The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/science/22bass.html. Retrieved April 23, 2008. 
3. ^ "Slice of Life". slice.utah.edu. http://slice.utah.edu/sol/contributors/DavidLBassett.html#3. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 

Further reading

• Chase, Robert The Bassett Atlas of Human Anatomy, ISBN 9780805301182
• The Wonderful Legacy of David L. Bassett (The Journal of British and American Associations of Clinical Anatomists, 5: 151-156 (1992))

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Name	Bassett, David L.
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Date of birth	1913
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Date of death	1966
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