While we lived in Taichung, the fascinating exhibit by professor Gunther von Hagens was on display there for the better part of a month. Sarah desperately wanted to see it.The display was then moved to the capital, Taipei, where it casued quite an uproar. Sarah wanted to se it even more. The opportunity just never came.
Two months ago, while we visited New York, this world-famous exhibit was there. However, due to "monetary restrictions", we had to forego that opportunity.
It is currently in Miami and last night I surprised Sarah with tickets. The b
odies undergo a process called plastination, whereby the body tissue is saturated with special plastics, which preserves the body indefinitely.I was a little hesitant myself, having fainted once before in the presence of a cadaver, when a bunch of friends - all medical students at the time - played a macabre practical joke on me. (The details will remain undisclosed!)
It was wondrous. The bodies are displayed with sensitivity, and yet it was obvious that elaborate planning went into focussing the visitor's attention on the intricate, delicate, miraculous wonders of the human body.
We are fearfully and wondrously made.
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