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Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13). Work also includes a short history of anatomy and essays on ethical perspectives.
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Subjects
Cadaver in art, Catalogs, Exhibitions, Medicine in art, Human anatomy, Preservation of organs, tissues, Tissues, Plastic embedment, Biological specimens, Human body, Human figure in art, Exhibits as Topic, Anatomy, Human Body, Medicine in the Arts, Artistic Anatomy, Cadaver, Anatomic ModelsPeople
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Gunther von Hagens' Body worlds: the original exhibition of real human bodies
2009, Arts & Sciences
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Gunther von Hagens' Body worlds: the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies
2006, Institute für Plastination, Arts & Sciences
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3937256040 9783937256047
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Wilhelm Kriz
Anatomy and plastination / Gunther von Hagens
The human body : anatomy and funktion / Angelina Whalley
On gruesome corpses, gestalt plastinates, and mandatory interment / Gunther von Hagens
Gunther von Hagens and Body worlds / Charleen M. Moor and C. Mackenzie Brown
The dignity of man / Franz Josef Wetz
The educating power of the sciences / Bazon Brock
Modern anatomical theatre : the first public autopsy in 200 years / Franz Josef Wetz.
Edition Notes
Cover title.
"Catalogue on the exhibition."
Includes bibliographical references.
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