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One person has been somewhat successful in this area, Gunther von Hagens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunthe

by cess11 2y ago

One person has been somewhat successful in this area, Gunther von Hagens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens He has a method of plastination that he has used for decades to preserve corpses, notably as the exhibition Body Worlds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds https://bodyworlds.com/ https://bodyworlds.com/

cookiengineer 2y ago
Oof, I never expected Koerperwelten to appear here on HN. Growing up in that area, I never understood how unique this exhibition was. We've been there multiple times with school classes, and it weirdly scared the shit out of me and stunningly fascinated me at the same time. I didn't know that he reopened the Koerperwelten exhibition in 2017 again. Can fully recommend going there. It's not for the light stomach, and your head will be busy processing what you saw for weeks afterwards. The best analogy I can give someone else about this exhibition: It's something in between geniusness and madness, and it will question your authority on learned morality and ethical standards. But it's so much accessible biological/medical science in one place, it's hard to find anything else that comes close to the impressions it leaves behind.
- cess11 2y ago
  It's great. I'm not a fan of immaterial rights but I think Hagens having a patent on his technique is a good thing, since even he hasn't been able to steer clear of accusations of unethically sourced cadavers. Seems like the books based on the exhibition are still available through Bezos' webshop and second hand, the one I've got is quite nice, really good colour print. They didn't stop at human cadavers, they've also done at least one horse and at some point a giraffe, apparently a massive undertaking. His and his teams' work is in a really interesting space, somewhere between science, ethics and art.

by cess11 2y ago

cookiengineer 2y ago

Oof, I never expected Koerperwelten to appear here on HN. Growing up in that area, I never understood how unique this exhibition was. We've been there multiple times with school classes, and it weirdly scared the shit out of me and stunningly fascinated me at the same time. I didn't know that he reopened the Koerperwelten exhibition in 2017 again. Can fully recommend going there. It's not for the light stomach, and your head will be busy processing what you saw for weeks afterwards. The best analogy I can give someone else about this exhibition: It's something in between geniusness and madness, and it will question your authority on learned morality and ethical standards. But it's so much accessible biological/medical science in one place, it's hard to find anything else that comes close to the impressions it leaves behind.

cess11 2y ago
It's great. I'm not a fan of immaterial rights but I think Hagens having a patent on his technique is a good thing, since even he hasn't been able to steer clear of accusations of unethically sourced cadavers. Seems like the books based on the exhibition are still available through Bezos' webshop and second hand, the one I've got is quite nice, really good colour print. They didn't stop at human cadavers, they've also done at least one horse and at some point a giraffe, apparently a massive undertaking. His and his teams' work is in a really interesting space, somewhere between science, ethics and art.