Cadaver Exhibition Draws Crowds, Controversy in Florida

[Devilicious]

I read about this exhibit awhile back on CJ. Now it's causing controversy here in FL (go figure)

An exhibition starring real, skinned human corpses arranged in poses—a soccer player in mid-kick, for example—is drawing record- breaking crowds and controversy to a Florida museum.

Fetuses and a cigarette smoker's tarred lungs are among the 20 corpses and 260 body parts on display.

"Bodies: The Exhibition" opened August 18 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa. The bodies in question are unclaimed or unidentified individuals from China. As such, neither the deceased nor their families consented to the use of the corpses in the exhibit.

On August 17, three days before the exhibit was scheduled to open, Florida's Anatomical Board voted four to two against allowing the exhibition to open.

The board regulates the transportation of human corpses and body parts into and out of the state for medical education and for research purposes. It is not clear, however, whether their authority extends to museum exhibitions.

full story:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...an_bodies.html

[slamminshaun]

and to think DaVinci's "Last Supper" has stirred up more controversy then this ever will....

[mursa]

those people donated their bodies for such exhibition....and i myself find it fascinating .

[swirlundergrounder]

Originally Posted by mursa

those people donated their bodies for such exhibition....and i myself find it fascinating .

Yeah I want to go see this. I saw it on the news last week.

[Devilicious]

Originally Posted by .......otnisaJ

[quote author=mursa link=board=6;threadid=19593;start=0#msg231398 date=1125584385]
those people donated their bodies for such exhibition....and i myself find it fascinating .

Yeah I want to go see this. I saw it on the news last week.
[/quote]
me too, i think the exhibit is supposed to be going all the way till January, provided these folks aren't successful in interfering.