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The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy

David Waterston, a lecturer and senior demonstrator in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh in the early 1900's, was the author of the Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy. It provided realistic 3D impressions of human anatomical dissections, helping students to gain important insights into the structure and spaces of the body. Stereoscopic images consist of sets of two photographs taken from very slightly different perspectives which are then viewed together through a box or hand-held viewer, similar to the one in the image. They contain lenses which create an optical illusion that the brain puts together as a three dimensional image.

The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy
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