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DO NOT E-MAIL THIS TO YOUR MOM: Skinned ReindeerMany of you are familiar with the Body Worlds Exhibition, a "a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures." Personally, seeing the stringy innards of some poor shmo who dona... |
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Dead Bodies at the O2!When is a dead body not a dead body? When Dr. Gunther von Hagens gets hold of it, that’s when. You remember him: the Body Worlds chap, Doctor Death as they affectionately call him in Germany. The one that skins and then ‘plastinates’ real dead bodies so we can look at how they w... |
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Uni Buys Up Preserved Body PartsA university is spending £400,000 on body parts preserved by the controversial German professor Gunther von Hagens. ... |
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![Plastinated haemorrhaged brain [Neurophilosophy]](http://statics.keegy.com//img/postsh/12/06/th2-plastinated-haemorrhaged-brain-neurophilosophy.jpg)
Plastinated haemorrhaged brain [Neurophilosophy]This image comes from Marc Steinmetz's photoessay about plastination, the tissue preservation technique invented by the controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens.Plastination involves replacing the water and fats in the tissues with silicon or some other polymer. The specimen is first f... |
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NYC 'Bodies' Exhibit Must Refund Tickets For Using Undocumented Corpses [Ghoulish]If you've seen the "Bodies" exhibit at the South Street Seaport in New York City, you're entitled to a refund according to a new agreement between New York's Attorney General's office and Premier Exhibitions, Inc. When "Bodies" first opened here over two years ago, some oppo... |
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Plastination company raided by German tax investigatorsHeidelberg, Germany - A museum and workshop founded by celebrity German anatomist Gunther von Hagens were raided Wednesday by German tax investigators who check payroll levies. The inquiry is not against von Hagens, a prosecutions spokeswoman said ... ... |
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