Controversial bodies : thoughts on the public display of plastinated corpses

Controversial bodies : thoughts on the public display of plastinated corpses / edited by John D. Lantos.

Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens. The process transforms living tissues into moldable plastic that can then be hardened into a permanent shape. Von Hagens first exhibited his expertly dissected, artfully posed plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995. Since th...

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Other Authors: Lantos, John D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Hagens, Gunther von.
Tissues > Plastic embedment.
Human anatomy.
Bioethics.

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