Gunther von Hagens' Body worlds
Subtitle: the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies
Contributors: Whalley, Angelina
Edition: 5th printing 2004.
Publisher: Institute für Plastination
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Heidelberg, Germany
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Biological specimens; Plastic embedment; Catalogs; Cadaver in art; Medicine in art; Human anatomy; Human body; Human figure in art
Other titles: Body worlds
Work titles: Körperwelten
Description: Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13). Work also includes a short history of anatomy and essays on ethical perspectives.
Notes: Title from cover.

"Translation in English of 14th German printing"--P. 319.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The human body, anatomy and function : locomotive system, nervous system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, digestive system, kidneys and urinary tract, reproductive organs, prenatal development, whole-body specimens, configurations of blood vessels  -- Angelina Whalley; title: Plastinated specimens and their presentation in museums, a theoretical and bioethical retrospective on a media event  -- Axel W. Bauer; title: When death goes on display-- Ulrich Fischer -- The dignity of the individual /-- Franz Josef Wetz -- The educating power of the sciences /-- Bazon Brock.