swaytosway
07-04-2006, 04:08 PM
Anyone been to this?
I just read about it yesterday in the paper, an exhibit is coming to Vancouver in September. I'm going to go.
These are real bodies, plastinated (all the water and lipids are sucked out and replaced with polymers, they are posed, filleted (ewwgh), and displayed). A person can even offer to donate their corpse for this.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/250px-The_Thinker.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/250px-Bodyworlds2.jpg
Body Worlds
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a travelling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts which are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner organs or structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is a German anatomist named Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s. The exhibition, first presented in Tokyo in 1995, has been shown in many cities in Europe and Asia. A second exhibition, along similar lines but with different exhibits, called Body Worlds 2 opened in 2005. A third exhibition, Body Worlds 3, opened on February 25, 2006 at The Houston Museum of Natural Science. According to catalogues from the exhibition, more than 17 million people worldwide had seen Body Worlds and Body Worlds 2 up to late 2005.
The exhibit states that its purpose and mission is the education of laymen about the human body, leading to better health awareness. All of the human plastinates are willing donors who wished to be of use even after their own deaths. The original Body Worlds exhibit consisted of about 25 full body plastinates with expanded or selective organs shown in positions which enhanced the role of certain systems. Cased in glass amidst the upright bodies are over 200 specimens showing an array of real human bodies, some with various medical conditions. For example, there are bodies with prosthetics such as artificial hip joints or heart valves; a liver with cirrhosis; and the lungs of a smoker and non-smoker placed side by side.
A curtained off prenatal wing features a pregnant woman who died 8 months into pregnancy; her unborn fetus died shortly thereafter. She is shown reclining and a large flap exposes her insides, with the nearly fully-formed baby pushing aside her internal organs fully visible. This section also usually contains unborn fetuses and embryos, some with congenital disorders.
The last exhibit hall features a rearing horse and rider. All exhibits are accompanied with detailed descriptions, and audio guides are available with the option of beginner or advanced (laymen/medical).
I just read about it yesterday in the paper, an exhibit is coming to Vancouver in September. I'm going to go.
These are real bodies, plastinated (all the water and lipids are sucked out and replaced with polymers, they are posed, filleted (ewwgh), and displayed). A person can even offer to donate their corpse for this.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/250px-The_Thinker.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/marley_lin/250px-Bodyworlds2.jpg
Body Worlds
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a travelling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts which are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner organs or structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is a German anatomist named Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s. The exhibition, first presented in Tokyo in 1995, has been shown in many cities in Europe and Asia. A second exhibition, along similar lines but with different exhibits, called Body Worlds 2 opened in 2005. A third exhibition, Body Worlds 3, opened on February 25, 2006 at The Houston Museum of Natural Science. According to catalogues from the exhibition, more than 17 million people worldwide had seen Body Worlds and Body Worlds 2 up to late 2005.
The exhibit states that its purpose and mission is the education of laymen about the human body, leading to better health awareness. All of the human plastinates are willing donors who wished to be of use even after their own deaths. The original Body Worlds exhibit consisted of about 25 full body plastinates with expanded or selective organs shown in positions which enhanced the role of certain systems. Cased in glass amidst the upright bodies are over 200 specimens showing an array of real human bodies, some with various medical conditions. For example, there are bodies with prosthetics such as artificial hip joints or heart valves; a liver with cirrhosis; and the lungs of a smoker and non-smoker placed side by side.
A curtained off prenatal wing features a pregnant woman who died 8 months into pregnancy; her unborn fetus died shortly thereafter. She is shown reclining and a large flap exposes her insides, with the nearly fully-formed baby pushing aside her internal organs fully visible. This section also usually contains unborn fetuses and embryos, some with congenital disorders.
The last exhibit hall features a rearing horse and rider. All exhibits are accompanied with detailed descriptions, and audio guides are available with the option of beginner or advanced (laymen/medical).