wanna be immortal? Get Plastinated!

[CanuckAmok]

TORONTO - Stephanie Chapu doesn't want to be buried or cremated when she dies, she wants to be plastinated.

The 30-year-old Toronto woman is the first Canadian to volunteer her body to Dr. Gunther von Hagens for his Body Worlds exhibits, where human bodies undergo a process called plastination, are stripped of their skin, and are put on display in museums to showcase every feature of human anatomy.



(more, including graphic photos)

http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=033667b8-83e9-42b3-ae5c-58d56d366202&k=33605#

[Shell Beau]

1. Nope, I'll pass!

[LynzM]

2. That is so cool....

Wow. Neat stuff, dude.

[Call Me Wesley]

3. He's quite a controversy over here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens

[anarch]

4. I though this was going to be about the Plaster Casters.

[jane_pippin]

5. I think one of the Chicago museums had a similar exhibit recently

Maybe in the past year or so. I didn't go to see it but quite a few of my friends did and they said it was 1. totally disgusting and 2. fascinating, once you get past the part that grosses you out. A few of them went to see it more than once.

That is if I'm thinking of the same thing. I think it was at the science museum so it was part of an anatomy exhibit. I didn't click your link because I don't really want to see the photos just now.

[WeRQ4U]

6. It's like that cartoon kid that went inside out on the swingset........

following a complete loop de loop over the top bar. You could see his guts too.

[Kellanved]

7. Meiwes and Hagen

Those two should be good for any number of gross polls :puke:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. Yes,

but Meiwes never got free meat from Chinese prisons ... :popcorn:

[CanuckAmok]

9. you know, your sillouette of Berlin makes it look a little like...

...an Imperial Star Destroyer.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

10. Have his TV shows aired over there yet?

He did a 'live' (pre-recorded) autopsy about 2 years ago, and last year a series of four called "Anatomy for Beginners" (which is out on DVD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007SME7M ).