Body Worlds...........Truly Bizarre

[Taosman]

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Copyright © 2001-2006,
Institute for Plastination.
All rights reserved.​

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All anatomical specimens on display in the BODY WORLDS exhibitions are authentic. They belonged to people who declared during their lifetime that their bodies should be made available after their deaths for the qualification of physicians and the instruction of laypersons. Many donors underscore that by donating their body, they want to be useful to others even after their death. Their selfless donations allow us to gain unique insights into human bodies, which have thus far been reserved for physicians at best. Therefore, we wish to thank the 6000 living and 300 deceased body donors.

For these purposes the Heidelberg Institute for Plastination maintains a special body donation program. Before signing a declaration of intent, all body donors are provided with detailed information. An information brochure published precisely for this purpose informs donors about the plastination technique, the history of body donation for plastination, information on the Institute for Plastination, how to become a body donor, what happens with the body at the Institute after death, and how the plastinates are used.

Body donation for plastination purposes constitutes a declaration of will, which may be revoked at any time.

Every two years a body donation meeting takes place at the Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg. Meeting Gunther von Hagens personally gives body donors the opportunity to exchange views with him. Moreover news around the BODY WORLDS exhibitons as well as new projects are presented at this opportunity.

Further information are also available from the German Federal Association of Body Donors.

If you are interested in becoming a body donor for plastination, please contact our Body Donation Offices in Europe or the United States.

Here you can download the information brochures and the donor's consents:

Europe:
1. DOWNLOAD Information brochure "Body donation for plastination"
2. DOWNLOAD Donor's consent


North America:
1. DOWNLOAD Information brochure "Body donation for plastination"
2. DOWNLOAD Donor's consent

If you're downloading the consent forms, please note that the donor ID card mentioned will be sent to you when you submit your paperwork.


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[Buckeye Maniac]

...ughh

 

[RCollett]

This was up in Cleveland last year some time. Looked pretty cool to me.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

don't know if it's the same one but we went and saw "Bodies.... The Exhibition" up in Tampa a few months ago. Very, very, very interesting to say the least. It is supposed to go over to Ft. Lauderdale but the city has concerns that the "Bodies" are being displayed without permission.

http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/intro.html

 

[Jagdaddy]

Saw it in Denver. Pretty cool. Not mind-blowing to me, probably because my Dad, who's a Dr., used to give us impromptu anatomy lessons on deer and other animals he shot when we were kids, but still pretty cool.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

My wife is going tomorrow with some friends. I'm not interested.

 

[SparkyOSU]

see what happens if you sign yourself over to science?