Monday, November 17, 2008

The Body World Exhibition







I am so happy when I found out that the Body World exhibition is coming to london!!!!
I will definately go to see it!!!!!!!!
I first came to know about this long long time ago while i think i still in high school time! at that time, i tot i will not have the chance to see it as this kind of exhibition will only available in oversea jeh....
Finally, its in london and I am in london too!!!! will plan about this since it will be here until febuary!!!!!! yeah yeah yeah! excited!
Sorry to those who get shock on the picture!!
By the way, all the things is actually from real human body and animal!!!!


From Wiki:
Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is a German anatomist named Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s at the University of Heidelberg.
The exhibit states that its purpose and mission is the education of laymen about the human body, leading to better health awareness.[6] All the human plastinates are from people who donated their bodies for plastination via a body donation program.
Each Body Worlds exhibition contains approximately 25 full-body plastinates with expanded or selective organs shown in positions that enhanced the role of certain systems. More than 200 specimens of real human organs and organ systems are displayed in glass cases, some showing various medical conditions.
Some of the bodies include prosthetics such as artificial hip joints or heart valves. Also featured is a liver with cirrhosis. The lungs of a smoker and non-smoker are placed side by side. A prenatal display features fetuses and embryos, some with congenital disorders.
All exhibits are accompanied with detailed descriptions and audio guides with the option of beginner or advanced (for laymen or medical professionals, respectively).
To produce specimens for Body Worlds, von Hagens employs 340 people at five laboratories in four countries. Each laboratory is categorized by specialty, with the China laboratory focusing on animal specimens.[7] One of the most difficult specimens to create was the giraffe that appeared in Body Worlds 3 & The Story of the Heart. The specimen took three years to complete – ten times longer than it takes to prepare a human body. Ten people were required to move the giraffe, because its final weight (like all specimens after plastination) was equal to its original.[8]
Several Body Worlds exhibits (as well as von Hagens himself) were featured in the 2006 film Casino Royale. Among the plastinates featured were the "Poker Playing Trio" (which plays a key role in one scene) and "Rearing Horse and Rider

3 comments:

Grace Lee said...

this is really interesting! guess the entrance fees will be expensive... if it is allow to take photos, upload more ok

VoonVoon said...

Real human/animal parts?

Sound disgusting man… did u smell the preservative/ dettol?

Hardly imagine the creators’ mind/ pysco…

This make me think of a movie.."Cell" and "SAW"

不学巫术 said...

好恐怖喈...