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I was fortunate to visit the Body Worlds exhibit at the Milwaukee museum last week while attending an EMS conference.
I know it has been around for a few years, but I was quite glad to have the experience. Man, for someone with limited learning of the body, I was so intrigued by every part that was exposed and highlighted. The comparison organs were also very impressive.
Anyone else had the opportunity to visit or know of which I speak? I'd gladly spend the money to see this again. I have heard there is a second exhibit to be travelling about.
 
I am planning to go to one of their displays at my local area. Many of my co-works have attended and have nothing but raves.

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I was able to attend when it traveled to northern California. I was intrigued as well since everything was done with class and dignity. However if you really want to get up and personal with the human body, take a human discetion class. I took one a few semesters ago, after I took anatomy and physio, and it was amazing, we prepared human cadavers for the other anatomy classes.
 
I would imagine a dissection class would be a good learner. I had one "comment" about the placement of the chess player. I thought his game was a bit generic. If I recall, there was a few pawns on either side and each side's king left, or something similar. I'm no chess guru by any means, but I figured an intellectual exhibit would have a more well thought display. Mind you, I'm ONLY refering to the chess board, not the body!
We discussed the possibility of a person knowing that their loved one was part of this display. They could actually "visit" as often as feasibly possible. Kinda puts a perspective on the fact again that these are real people.
 
I've heard that some congresswoman has started a bill to shut down the exhibit. Apparently, the exhibit's creator needs written consent by the participants for their bodies to be on display(which is different than just donating your body to science). Apparently he doesn't have written consent from ALL of his specimens.
 
Capt.Hook said:
I was fortunate to visit the Body Worlds exhibit at the Milwaukee museum last week while attending an EMS conference.
I know it has been around for a few years, but I was quite glad to have the experience. Man, for someone with limited learning of the body, I was so intrigued by every part that was exposed and highlighted. The comparison organs were also very impressive.
Anyone else had the opportunity to visit or know of which I speak? I'd gladly spend the money to see this again. I have heard there is a second exhibit to be travelling about.
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I went to it in Branson this past summer and it was pretty cool and fantastic for me and my wife (who is finishing nursing school) BUT the price is so damn high that it really detracts from the exhibit
 
I saw it in chicago last spring...Truly amazing.
 
It's going to be in Indy sometime in the near future, but not sure exactly when. I need to find out because I would really like to go see it and need to figure out how to schedule it in around everything else I have going on.
 
I saw this when it came to Portland, it was truly amazing! I also watched a human body movie on this huge domed screen...truly disgusting to see so close...but AMAZING!!

We have this class at school called Advanced Human Biology and they dissect cats and then get to go see a cadaver at the local college. Its an amazing class and I can't wait to take it!
 
I'm going to be visiting it in march with my Human Anatomy class....right after we disect a kitty :P lol im pretty psyched (body world, not kitty):rolleyes:
 
I went to the New York one, definetly worth the money. AMAZING!!!!!! Some of thier exhibits just made me think how in the world did these people actually pull out the nerves with out tearing them. Definetly a must see.
 
I loved the display of the vascular system of the head. It was basically solid red, and it makes you realize why scalp/face wounds bleed like heck. This woman standing next to me refused to believe that it was real, which is pretty understandable. I don't understand how they isolated all the blood vessels either.

I think it really helped advance my comprehension of the human body, but nothing has taught me the reality of the human body quite like the cadaver lab I did for my anatomy class. For example: it became clear why a severed femoral artery would be a bad day when I actually held a femoral artery from a real body. My professor showed us why you can't do CPR correctly without breaking ribs when he lifted out the cadaver's rib cage and started snapping her ribs as if they were popsicle sticks.
 
Im going to go see this exhibit for my Anatomy and Physiology class. Reading these responses make me even more intrigued.
 
I never went and saw it in Philly. I think I'm going to go on a road trip to Baltimore to go see it in the near future. I'd do it when I'm there for the EMS confrence, but I don't have time. So I'll probably go down on one of my weekends off.

I need all the help with A&P I can get. And it gives me an excuse for a road trip :)
 
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I plan on going tomorrow if possible before it gets shut down for privacy issues. Shame that we are so concerned of people who donated their bodies for science, we not worry about their privacy. Like we could identify them being dissected? ... Typical political correctness B.S.

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I wonder if that Senator knows that the roots of human anatomy, with regard to formal texts and artist renderings are derived through direct dissection of cadaveric donors. Da Vinci, himself, as well as many medical schools around that time employed the use of grave-robbers to provide adequate specimens and/or full cadavers; not that I am condoning such actions in any way, shape, or form.

However, cadavers have aided us greatly in our understanding of the human body. It is so interesting to see these bodies on display in various positions rather than in the standard anatomical position we are so used to seeing in our textbooks.

I think I might grab a plane ticket and come up to see the show. I've been looking for a good reason to stare at a Flexor Carpi Ulnaris in action for quite some time. Now, I finally have one. lol.
 
When you guys go, take the time to read the literature printed on the sides, as well as get an audio aid. I read as much as I could, but did skip some. So darn much info there, I wish I could go back today! Like a good movie, you have to see it at least twice to really appreciate! Well, me anyway.
 
Yea....Chinese human rights violations...overtones of genocide...typical political B.S.

Keep in mind there are different versions of this exhibit as well. The "Body World" version is the original, and they claim to have consent forms for every body displayed (but not for every body plastinated by the associated institute). There is also a popular "Bodies" version that has much more serious ethical problems. I've seen Body World 2 twice - it was, as everyone said, absolutely incredible.

I may actually go see the "bodies" version this weekend - but for me the question of the ethical acquisition of the bodies is more than academic, and I'm actually a bit hesitant to actually support this version of the exhibit.
 
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