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GUBEN, Germany — Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the German
\n inventor of a body-preserving process called plastination, is always
\n eager for volunteers, people willing to donate their corpses for his
\n public anatomical displays. He says 6,800 individuals have pledged
\n their mortal coils so far .<\/p>\n
He hopes to add to that list when his traveling show reaches Boston later this
\nmonth. Body Worlds 2, which opens July 30 at the Museum of Science in Boston.<\/p>\n
"Think of it as an alternative to being eaten by worms or going up in smoke," von
\nHagens said by phone from his Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany.<\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n This is how we envision ourself ending up some GUBEN, Germany — Dr. Gunther von Hagens, the German inventor of a body-preserving process called plastination, is always eager for volunteers, people willing to donate their corpses for his public anatomical displays. He says 6,800 individuals have pledged their mortal … Continue reading
\n day, edifying the scientific and sensationalist curiosity of generations
\n of jaded youth, preserved for posterity with a fat joint still in our
\n hand and another between our
\n legs…..<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"