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INSIDES OUT: Cadaver exhibit to make U.S. debut

Written by DeadGirl
Friday, 16 July 2004
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES A pregnant woman lies on her side with a hand behind her head as if posing for a nude photograph. But her body isn't the only thing exposed. Her heart, intestines and 8-month-old fetus are visible as well. The woman was one of more than 200 people who donated their cadavers for use in "Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies," which will make its U.S. debut Friday at the California Science Center. Intended to teach people about human skeletal, cardiovascular and other systems, the exhibit includes 25 bodies that have undergone a process called "plastination" in which body fluids are replaced with clear, pliable plastic. Most have been skinned or dissected to show muscles, bones, nerves and organs. Some show damage done by illnesses such as cancer and lung disease. Since being introduced in Tokyo in 1996, the show has drawn criticism as well as praise. Its shocking display of flesh and bones has offended many observers who say that it violates the sanctity of the human body. However, German scientist Gunther von Hagens, who created the exhibit and the preservation technique, defends his work as educational and enlightening. "It's more than time that we show how the body really looks," he said. In the past eight years, Body Worlds has toured Asia and Europe, attracting nearly 15 million visitors and a number of critics who have dubbed von Hagens "Dr. Death" and "Frankenstein" because of his work. In Frankfurt, Germany, the Lutheran church said that the display was amoral and insulting to the dead. At a London show, one visitor covered the body of the pregnant woman with a blanket because he couldn't stand seeing the fetus. http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776471869&path=!nationworld&s=1037645509161

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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