naked people

so i went and saw body world when it was here in dallas recently. it was interesting. i learned alot about the size, placement, and shape of many of our organs. i had no idea that the stomach was so high in the abdomen. i had no idea that the liver and spleen were so large.

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the exhibit was mostly impartial, not trying to sell any one world view over another, except that there was definitely a running theme of 'see what smoking does to your lungs?' throughout the whole thing. as a nonsmoker, i found it only mildly annoying.

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there is some controversy over the origin of these bodies. i can see esp where people would be concerned in one exhibit, where a pregnant woman is shown with her baby inside of her. that part of the display took extra pains to explain where the bodies came from. but i esp found it interesting that, at the end of the exhibit, there were sign up sheets for anyone interesting in donating his or her body to the exhibit upon death.