Our bodies are our most important asset. They are intricately developed machines, more complex and wonderful than the gadgets with which we surround ourselves every day. Yet many do not know how our bodies work, why they move, what they need to survive, what destroys them, what stimulates them, what revives them. The Bodies Revealed exhibition, which has gone through major world capitals, makes this visit possible through its galleries in which we can admire 10 full human bodies and 150 individual organs preserved using the technique of preservation of the polymers. We must point out that all these bodies have been legally obtained from donors of their bodies to science. The process of preservation of specimens through polymer preservation is a revolutionary technique, which initially removes water from tissues by immersing them in acetone. A vacuum chamber removes the acetone where the remaining tissues were previously filled it injected with silicone rubber. Finally the add a catalyst to harden the tissues. The final product of the preservation process of polymers is a dry, odorless specimen that resists natural decomposition for a indefinite period of time allowing it to be exposedthe public. This technique reveals the mysteries of the human anatomy.
Bodies Revealed, whose scientific director is Dr. Ray Glover,from the University of Michigan, allows visitors of all ages to explore inside a human body in an informative but not too intrusive way. As the visitor moves between gallery and gallery, he will learn the story of the miracle of the operating systems in each of us during every second of our existence. The study of anatomy is rooted in a historical precedent laid down by great anatomists such as Vesalius and da Vinci. Each specimen is dissected to reveal in the best way possible the function of a complete anatomical system and to show the relationship of the systems in the body as a whole. The specimens that show the full body is complemented by presentation cases of individual organs, both healthy and sick ones, and the effect of having a healthy lifestyle or not.
From previous editions, we know that visitors comment that the knowledge gained by experience of this exhibition has allowed them to have a new connection with their own bodies. Others call for a new reverence for life and a desire to have a more proactive approach to their health.
But there are detractors, something incomprehensible to those who are used to seeing bodies or agencies on a regular basis in our work, but perhaps this may hurt some sensibilities or else we can not explain how countries such as Venezuela have banned the exhibition branding it as macabre.
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Understanding how the body works is to understand what you need and how to take care of it. Studying the body’s systems, you will leave with a new appreciation of life. Rent apartments in Valencia and do not miss this opportunity to observe the human body at the anatomy, physiology, biology and chemistry level
Translated by: Marc
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December 14th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
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