The Body Worlds exhibit

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

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]

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."