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[marionravenwood]

At work we got coupons offering $5 off the Bodies exhibit. The coupons read:

Hours of Operation
Monday-Thursday 9am-7pm
Friday-Sunda 9am-9pm

Services
--Cafe serving healthy sandwiches and baked goodsBecause that's just what you want after looking at all the dead bodies. A nice big sandwich

Comments

[foxestacado]

ooo I always want to go to the Bodies exhibit. Is this the guy who uses some kind of resin/liquifying agent, and melts off skin and other chunks so you can see what's going on inside?

Also? The Body Farm sounds fascinating, but I don't think that's open to the public.

Sorry about the bad dream. I have dreams every night, and they're vivid. They can be fun, but unsettling also. Oh well. It's just the subconscious playing with you.

Freeze-dried, plasticized

[marionravenwood]

See, I like to avoid dead people whenever possible, but I can see how it would be really useful for someone going into medicine. The preservation process does sound like your description:

To help you see what a body really looks like on the inside, this Exhibition uses real human bodies that have been preserved so they do not decay. A human specimen is first preserved according to standard mortuary science. The specimen is then dissected to show whatever it is that someone wants to display. Once dissected, the specimen is immersed in acetone, which eliminates all body water. The specimen is then placed in a large bath of silicone, or polymer, and sealed in a vacuum chamber. Under vacuum, acetone leaves the body in the form of gas and the polymer replaces it, entering each cell and body tissue. A catalyst is then applied to the specimen, hardening it and completing the process.

I don't know if this exhibit is going to travel, but there isn't one in LA right now. However, you can see it in Las Vegas.

Re: Freeze-dried, plasticized

[foxestacado]

To help you see what a body really looks like on the inside, this Exhibition uses real human bodies that have been preserved so they do not decay. A human specimen is first preserved according to standard mortuary science. The specimen is then dissected to show whatever it is that someone wants to display. Once dissected, the specimen is immersed in acetone, which eliminates all body water. The specimen is then placed in a large bath of silicone, or polymer, and sealed in a vacuum chamber. Under vacuum, acetone leaves the body in the form of gas and the polymer replaces it, entering each cell and body tissue. A catalyst is then applied to the specimen, hardening it and completing the process.Damn, that's so fascinating

[dustyfedora]

Maybe they watch too much TV. You know how the morgue technicians are always eating sandwiches during the autopsies...?

[marionravenwood]

Rick!

How ya doing?

[dustyfedora]

Hungry for a sammich... and some GORE!