Though they’re a bit on the graphic side, the Bassett Collection of dissection photos is a fascinating look into the inner workings of the human body.
Now, thanks to Stanford University Medical Center, you too can view these amazing images on Flickr.
It’s only part of the massive collection, but it’s beautiful in an informative sort of way.
[Flickr - The Bassett Collection]
[Via: Boing Boing]
Kind of reminds me of Gunther von Hagens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens
and his plastination technique http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html
Grusome beyond words but so incredibly fascinating.
He performed a public autopsy in London which was highly controversial (and illegal I think) but the fact that tickets sold out almost as soon as they were on sale shows just how eager we are to see the insides of us.
I’m a donor card holder so my organs will go on to help people after I die, but I’m just as interested in donating my body to science as medicine.
I missed the Body Worlds exhibit that was in my area recently, but I’d love to go see it. I heard they’re having some controversy lately about where exactly they get the bodies from. (Though from the public autopsy story, it doesn’t sound like he’s adverse to controversy!) I agree that it’s a desire to understand what we cannot see. Also, I’m a fellow donor card carrier.