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Hagens Says Corpse Show 'Will Be Educational' |
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LONDON.- The creator of the controversial exhibition featuring human corpses and body parts that is coming to London this week after drawing crowds around the world, Professor Gunther von Hagens, speaks about the show. According to him, the reason for an exhibition of human corpses with their skin stripped off and organs, arteries and nerves exposed is to teach the public about anatomy. He has pioneered a technique that means bodies can be preserved and displayed in detailed and graphic ways. His exhibition has already been seen by almost eight million people around the world. Although it is being held at an art gallery, it is not intended to be an art show, Prof von Hagens said, insisting that he only wants to show people how the body works. "I in no way want to shock the British public," he said. "I want to educate them. "It is certainly not an art show, it is an educational show, it is meant to give enlightenment." The exhibition, called Body Worlds, has already been seen in countries from Japan to Germany, and has had a good response everywhere, he said. He has not yet decided whether to include the most controversial exhibit, a pregnant woman with her womb opened to reveal a seven-month-old foetus, in the London show. But she, along with the other body donors, agreed to let their bodies be seen by so many people, according to Prof von Hagens.
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Today's News
September 28, 2024
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Maggie Smith, grand dame of stage and screen, dies at 89
NAACP Legal Defense Fund records newly digitized and now available online from the Library of Congress
New York Film Festival pitches its ever-expanding, global tent
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Neil King Jr., who wrote of a long walk of 'renewal,' dies at 65
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