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Over
the last couple of decades, Dr Gunther von Hagens has pioneered novel
techniques of plastination, a process which essentially replaces the
water and fat of ordinary human tissues with wax. This has allowed
him to prepare an unrivalled collection of durable anatomical exhibits
of great educational value and aesthetic quality. He
has brought these specimens together in the travelling Body
Worlds exhibition, with the aim of allowing ordinary people
to see the wonders of anatomy for themselves. That people are interested
in the subject is attested by the 15 million worldwide that have
visited the exhibitions.
Professor John A Lee was educated at Portsmouth
Grammar School and University College London, where he acquired
a medical degree and a BSc and PhD in physiology. He subsequently
specialised in pathology and is currently Professor of Pathology
at the Hull York Medical School and consultant histopathologist
at Rotherham General Hospital. |
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