Matthitjah Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted November 18, 2005 Check this out; Quote Reuters; Gruesome cadavers on view at exhibit Thu Nov 17,11:20 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halloween is long gone, but New Yorkers will be able from Saturday to pay to view a roomful of human cadavers, fileted limbs and dissected organs as part of a gruesome yet realistic exhibit on the human body. On November 19, 22 whole bodies and more than 260 organs will go on display in lower Manhattan's South Street Seaport, allowing visitors to see bodies damaged by obesity, black lungs ravaged by cigarette smoke, and close-ups of the central nervous, digestive and circulatory systems. To highlight function, one of the cadavers is in an athletic pose, holding a football. They are not meant to be gross, rather the stripped-down bodies allow people to "see how their body is put together, its structure, its function, and so they can learn something about the impact of disease," said Roy Glover, a retired anatomy professor working with the exhibit. The cadavers were poor people and are on loan from the Dalian Medical University in China. They are preserved through a technique called polymer preservation, which uses liquid silicone rubber that is treated and hardened. The process can take more than a year, and makes the bodies impervious to decomposition. The for-profit exhibit, where tickets cost $24.50 for adults, was organized by Premier Exhibitions Inc. There is a similar show open at the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa, Fla. that has drawn record crowds. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051117/od_nm/life_bodies_dc_2 Wierd! Peace, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikado5001 Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 972 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/03/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/23/1973 Share Posted November 18, 2005 You should see the borderline pornographic ad in the otherwise conservative NY. Post. I cannot believe that they would sell add space for this. I am no prude, and the human form is a thing of beauty. But this gives me the hee-bee-jee-bee's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avodah Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 812 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/15/1961 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Kinda weird all right. I don't think I would be visiting the exhibit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Woah - cool! I'll have to see if I can copy some of these pictures to use for my Anatomy lab instructions. Those muscles are so clear and easy to identify. The brain stroke was very informative - and scary, in that you can see how much of the brain cells have died. (Amazing how teaching this stuf can change your perspective!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 Neb, I knew you would like this article. Peace, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 18, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Thaks, Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGR Posted November 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8,601 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/16/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/04/1973 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Woah - cool! I'll have to see if I can copy some of these pictures to use for my Anatomy lab instructions. Those muscles are so clear and easy to identify. The brain stroke was very informative - and scary, in that you can see how much of the brain cells have died. (Amazing how teaching this stuf can change your perspective!) I should have sent you in my place when it came time to dissect a frog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted November 20, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 Ronald, You should have been out to our Pig Pick'in. We had a copule of Whole Hogs. Heads on and all. When they prep em' they cut off their eyelids so's you can see them staring at ya' while ya eat em! I personally roasted em' up Real Good! Peace, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Ronald, You should have been out to our Pig Pick'in. We had a copule of Whole Hogs. Heads on and all. When they prep em' they cut off their eyelids so's you can see them staring at ya' while ya eat em! I personally roasted em' up Real Good! Peace, Dave I like pork but that does not sound appetizing I am imagining a pig on a spit and people just coming up and cutting off the parts they want. Pity the poor guy at the end of the line!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGR Posted November 20, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8,601 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/16/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/04/1973 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Ronald, You should have been out to our Pig Pick'in. We had a copule of Whole Hogs. Heads on and all. When they prep em' they cut off their eyelids so's you can see them staring at ya' while ya eat em! I personally roasted em' up Real Good! Peace, Dave I like pork but that does not sound appetizing I am imagining a pig on a spit and people just coming up and cutting off the parts they want. Pity the poor guy at the end of the line!!! Which you and I would see to that it was Ted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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