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Body
Worlds
The body exhibit
on display at the controversial exhibition.
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exhibition like no other.... |
The world famous
Body Worlds exhibition featuring
anatomical and whole body specimens visited Newcastle
for one day only on Tuesday 11 June.
Body
Worlds is an anatomical exhibition of real human bodies,
providing a unique insight into both the healthy and diseased human
body.
The controversial
exhibition was held at the University of
Newcastle's Student Union building.
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BODY
WORLDS
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See
more
Body Worlds -
until
29 September 2002.
The Atlantic Gallery
146 Brick Lane
London
Info line: 0207 0530000
£10/£8/£6
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It was housed
in a special tour bus sited outside the Union building on King's
Walk.
The exhibition
offered the opportunity to study complex anatomical structures in
a real body at close range.
The single body
on display was part of a bigger exhibition of real human bodies
currently on display at London's Atlantic
Gallery.
The
bodies in the popular London exhibition belonged
to people who agreed during their lives that their corpses should
be made available after their deaths for educational purposes.
The specimen
on display in Newcastle has been permanently preserved using a process
called plastination.
Plastination
is an impregnation technique carried out in a vacuum where the body
tissue is completely saturated with special plastics.
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| The Plastination
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It was invented
by the creator of the exhibition, Professor
Gunther von Hagens.
Plastination allows
the permanent preservation of the body.
It's a controversial
technique which has divided the critics and the public.
Plastination
allows entirely new forms of anatomical display, allowing
an anatomically prepared whole body to be displayed in an upright,
lifelike pose.
The
creator of the exhibition claims that viewing the exhibits allows
us to recognise each human’s individuality and the anatomical beauty
inside.
The size, shape
and structure of skeleton, muscles, nerves and organs have already
fascinated 8 million people worldwide.
If you missed
the Newcastle display, why not catch the bigger exhibition in London
at the Atlantic Gallery until
29 September 2002.
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FACT
FILE
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The
plastination process is very labour intensive and extremely
expensive.
An average plastination of a whole
body range from £30,000 to £35,000.
A "Museum of Man" plastination
museum is planned by Professor Hagens.
www.bodyworlds.com
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