The Body Worlds exhibit

DaemonSeid · #1 03-24-2008, 08:38 PM

Ok...i have to ask for every one that has said 'eeewww' what are your reasons?

CutiePie2000 · #2 03-24-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Ok...i have to ask for every one that has said 'eeewww' what are your reasons?

I didn't say "eeeew", but when I went to the exhibit, the one that heebed me out a bit was where the guy was holding his skin. That grossed me out and made me think of Silence of the Lambs (for obvious reasons).

Senusret I · #3 03-24-2008, 10:57 PM

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Ok...i have to ask for every one that has said 'eeewww' what are your reasons?

It's just gross. I also think it's mildly disrespectful to the dead, but that's just me.

Kevlar281 · #4 03-25-2008, 02:15 AM

I went last time it was in Houston. I thought it was fascinating. However, anything to do with the baby fetuses I found a bit sad. I think my favorite part of the exhibit was a chicken that had everything removed but its blood vessels.

AlphaFrog · #5 03-25-2008, 05:53 AM

It came to Discovery Place here in Charlotte. We were there on the last day of its run. My friend wanted to go, so she went in and took my son, and the daughter and I looked at other things. I can't handle dead things. If my cat catches a mouse and my husband's not home, I will make my dad drive over here and get rid of it, as I hide in the farthest room in the house away from it.

DaemonSeid · #6 03-25-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

It's just gross. I also think it's mildly disrespectful to the dead, but that's just me.

Ok...good point Senusret I because there have been a lot of ethical questions about how the bodies have been obtained and what is being done with them....so....then....even if people do legitimately donate their bodies to this project, do you still think that there is still some disrespect towards them even though these people know what they are signing up for?

Senusret I · #7 03-27-2008, 07:22 AM

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Ok...good point Senusret I because there have been a lot of ethical questions about how the bodies have been obtained and what is being done with them....so....then....even if people do legitimately donate their bodies to this project, do you still think that there is still some disrespect towards them even though these people know what they are signing up for?

Yes. My values system might be different from most, but I don't believe in public displays of the dead for any reason. (Medical school not being public)

AlexMack · #8 03-27-2008, 12:00 AM

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It's just gross. I also think it's mildly disrespectful to the dead, but that's just me.

Glad you're not in medicine. I loved the exhibit. I also think that the dead signed up for it so it's what they wanted.

I think when you die, you're just a shell at that point.

I adored the man hanging from the still rings in the Iron Cross with all the muscles splayed out. The human body truly is a wonder. BUT IT WAS SO HOT IN THE EXHIBIT. We went December 26th, abnormally warm for a Boston night, and I decided to wear my new thick pink wool cardie from Old Navy and practically passed out from overheating. Damn.

I'd go again though. Absolutely. I am a nerd for all things medical. I think I could pass the NCLEX-RN just by helping my mother review for it. Medicine fascinates me. Plus, it's unlikely I'll get to do gross anatomy in medical school and dissect a cadaver so the exhibit is as close as I can get.

PeppyGPhiB · #9 03-28-2008, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by AlexMack

Glad you're not in medicine. I loved the exhibit. I also think that the dead signed up for it so it's what they wanted.

I think when you die, you're just a shell at that point.

I adored the man hanging from the still rings in the Iron Cross with all the muscles splayed out. The human body truly is a wonder. BUT IT WAS SO HOT IN THE EXHIBIT. We went December 26th, abnormally warm for a Boston night, and I decided to wear my new thick pink wool cardie from Old Navy and practically passed out from overheating. Damn.

I'd go again though. Absolutely. I am a nerd for all things medical. I think I could pass the NCLEX-RN just by helping my mother review for it. Medicine fascinates me. Plus, it's unlikely I'll get to do gross anatomy in medical school and dissect a cadaver so the exhibit is as close as I can get.

Are you thinking you wouldn't take gross anatomy because you aren't interested in going to medical school, or because you don't think the medical schools you're looking at offer it? Students at my school (myself included) got to do it as undergrads, though I know it's very rare for pre-med students to have hands-on experience with cadavers. It was an optional course pre-med students could take, not required to graduate. But I think most medical schools would offer you that opportunity.

I'm also fascinated by the human body. It's so complicated, yet it's a perfect, logical machine. I still remember something from my anatomy professor's syllabus: his goal was to get us to "appreciate its simplicity, but be humbled by its complexity."