Bill introduced in response to "Bodies" Exhibit

[mgeary]

I saw the exhibit last year when it was at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, and it was fabulous. The potential for learning, at a variety of levels, is tremendous. The human body is a wonderful thing, more incredibly complex than most people can possibly imagine.

I would hope that, and I believe that, people voluntarily donated their bodies for the purpose of advancing scientific learning (and at the end of the display, there are cards for that purpose, to solicit bodies from the viewers of the display).

This is an incredible use of modern technology to learn, to see the human body in ways that you've never seen it before. Do you know, in a real way, where your spleen is? Without having seen it in this way, you can't possibly imagine the complex, delicate structure of your veinous systems. I'd recommed it for kids, too. The possiblities for learning are endless.

The bodies are posed in various dynamic situations, kicking a soccer ball, running, dancing, etc. The visualization of the skeletal and musculature systems is like nothing I've ever seen before. I was totally blown away. If you get a chance, see the exhibit.

Aloha! ;-)

[Dave Smith]

IMHO, the questionable nature of the source of the bodies, and the distinct possibility that they could be prisoners, political or otherwise, is to say the least a deal-breaker. Is anyone that trusting of China's civil rights record? Ever wonder why no other country is providing such cadavers?

If they can plasticize tissue, they can also make them entirely out of plastic and still get the educational value. Who needs the macabre slant, especially with the possibility that people were murdered to make this happen?