BODY WORLDS and thus this catalog display something unusual: anatomical specimens, produced and preserved according to a new process developed by Gunther von Hagens. This process — called Plastination — even makes it possible to lend rigidity to soft body parts (e.g., individual muscles, organs such as the lungs, or a single nerve). As a consequence, even specimens of the entire body can be inherently stabilized and posed in such a way that they are actually capable of standing, which was formerly restricted to skeletons.
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Wilhelm Kriz Foreword 5
Gunther von Hagens Anatomy and Plastination History of Anatomy 9
Plastinated Specimens and Plastination 20
Angelina Whalley The Human Body — Anatomy and Function 38
The Locomotive System 39
The Nervous System 53
The Respiratory System 63
The Cardiovascular System 75
The Digestive System 87
The Kidneys and Urinary Tract 105
The Reproductive Organs 111
Prenatal Development 119
Whole-Body Specimens 129
Configurations of Blood Vessels 199
Charleen M. Moore, and C. Mackenzie Brown Gunther von Hagens and Body Worlds
Part 1: The Anatomist as Prosektor and Proplastiker 208
Part 2: The Anatomist as Priest and Prophet 214
Axel W. Bauer Plastinated Specimens and their Presentation in Museums — A Theoretical and Bioethical Retrospective on a Media Event 222
Ulrich Fischer When Death Goes on Display 236
Franz Josef Wetz The Dignity of the Individual 241
Gunther von Hagens On Gruesome Corpses, Gestalt Plastinates and Mandatory Interment 260
Bazon Brock The Educating Power of the Sciences 283
Franz Josef Wetz Modern Anatomical Theatre — The First Public Autopsy in 200 Years 290
Angelina Whalley BODY WORLDS through the Eyes of its Visitors 298
Ernst D. Lantermann KORPERWELTEN as Seen by Visitors 319
Visitor Survey Report from the first Exhibition in Europe 304