Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Myth of the Human Body - An Exhibit not for the Faint of Heart
Creeped out. That is how I would describe myself after viewing this exhibit at the Neobabylon Building along Bayani Road at the Fort Bonifacio - yes, it was that "odd" building decked with huge Roman sculptures on its facade. I still wonder which was creepier- the exhibit or the venue?
The exhibit showcased cadavers that underwent plastination - a technique used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample SOURCE: Wikipedia). This made me squirmy and uncomforatble the whole time.
Shown in the exhibit were some 300 "plastic" cadavers cut up and exposed in various ways depending on the body parts that were highlighted. It also showed body organs, some normal versus diseased. The objective of the show was to bring appreciation of the many body systems that make humans function. It also aimed to promote awareness on how unhealthy practices (such as smoking and poor nutrition) damage and affect one's organs and systems.
Maybe I picked up a point or two from the exhibit, but nothing really that could not have been learned from my Biology in school. The show definitely satisfies one's curiosity about the human body and its intricacies - if you are not faint-hearted like me.
Some of the pieces (literally) which were perturbing to me were a cross section presentation of a human head which was vertically cut intp four parts (from face to back of head; full body of a 16-year old female cut vertically into three parts; and the body of a man/woman horizontally chopped to 97 parts! I heard that the latter has been locally nicknamed the "Monterey Man".
It was not just for me.
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