The Franklin Institute Science Museum hosts "BODY WORLDS:
The Franklin Institute Science Museum hosts "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies" from October 7, 2005 through April 23, 2006.
Throughout the ages, medical scholars and students have strived to understand how our bodies function through exploration of real human specimens. BODY WORLDS, one of the most highly attended touring exhibitions in the world, takes this tradition one step further by presenting a new look at the human body.
The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved through the process of "plastination," a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat. BODY WORLDS offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human.
http://sln.fi.edu/bodyworlds/index.html
http://www.gophila.com/bodyworlds/index.htm
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/pages/home.asp
OMG I am so excited to learn of this. Anyone else wanna go? I love Gunter von Hagens work. Yah, I know its not for the faint hearted, but I am definitely going. Can't do it this coming weekend cause Tim and I are in NYC, but the following weekend or thereafter would be fab.
Throughout the ages, medical scholars and students have strived to understand how our bodies function through exploration of real human specimens. BODY WORLDS, one of the most highly attended touring exhibitions in the world, takes this tradition one step further by presenting a new look at the human body.
The exhibition features more than 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices that have been preserved through the process of "plastination," a technique that replaces bodily fluids and fat. BODY WORLDS offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see and understand our own physiology and health and to gain new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human.
http://sln.fi.edu/bodyworlds/index.html
http://www.gophila.com/bodyworlds/index.htm
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/pages/home.asp
OMG I am so excited to learn of this. Anyone else wanna go? I love Gunter von Hagens work. Yah, I know its not for the faint hearted, but I am definitely going. Can't do it this coming weekend cause Tim and I are in NYC, but the following weekend or thereafter would be fab.