A good programme, not for everyone.
...and the naked body was not just to demonstrate a nose bleed.
Missy, it is only meat, nothing more. Anything else that was there has gone. Like a butterfly the sole has spread it's wings and left a dried out husk behind, no longer of value.
You have nothing to feel guilty about.
Travis
Did you see the piece where they demonstrated bones bleeding. They said it was the first time it was done. So yes they need a real body to prove that.
W does not like the programme and will not look at it. She is happy with fictional programmes. It is just different to know it is a real body.
Watched a documentry about forensic science in the USA where donated bodies were left in the open air or partly buried to help science understand how long they'd been dead by the deterioration of the bodies. Now that was gruesome!!! :shock:
I also can find myself fascinated by programmes such as this...
or other well presented documentaries giving an insight into nature of the human and it's workings.
As mentioned above though, I can feel uncomfortable when viewing, though can't quite put my finger on the where's or whyfore's of this discomfort.
I also saw this Gunter-Chaps Bodyworks exhibition when in London.. again fascinating... though I did have some quite deep reservations surrounding it.
At the time, when the idea behind the 'show' was quite fresh (Bodyworks) there was some controversy surrounding his 'sourcing' of the bodies.
All were apparently 'donated' legally, and apparently came from all over the world... but many came from China, and therin lay the controversy.. were bodies being sold/bought with a greater emphasis on money? ... the poor being exploited... or exploiting thier dying in an attempt to raise themselves from the poverty in which they exist?
All though was apparently above board and legitimate.
But:
as engrossing and interesting and amazing the Bodyworks was... the biggest question I had after the show was: 'If all was above board, why on close inspection did the majority of the cadavers on display give every impression of being of Oriental origin, but had had blue or green eyes inserted into skulls/faces? why was that then?
now that I did find disturbing when considering the backstory.
Anyhow, fascinated I was, and fascinated I am.
I think for many there is a deep rooted interest in the bodies of the dead... the mystery, the fear... the wonder. We humans are a strange and inquisitive bunch.
I've also seen some bits and bob's about the BodyFarm, as mentioned by Sword-Stileto there... very valid work in forensics... but it reminds me;
I've read a little of Buddhism, it's practices, and it's schools.
Off hand I can't remember the particular school of Buddhism, nor whether this particular practice for it's monks is still done...
a large section of the focus of Buddhism is the study of 'impermance', things in a state of constant renewal and change.
They would be sat in meditation before a corpse... for a long period of time as the body decomposes before them...
no dripping vegetables there Missy!
lp
I think all bodies used are donated to medical science, so therefore, the bodies are left in the full knowledge that they will be used for whatever purpose to further the information gathered about the human body.
To my mind, even if you watch it from behind a cushion, if you learn just one tiny thing that you didnt know before hand about the human body, then I think it has done the job it was intended for.
AND, by putting within a media such as TV or exhibition, it allows fewer bodies to be needed to reach far more people than if it were to be used by a few doctors to be in a training room.
There will always be unsavoury elements that people prefer not to know about, such as using an electric saw to cut off a specimen, or the way implements like wire cutters are used to snip the ribs, but its a fact of life....thats how they do it, not for showmanship, its real. But again, some people prefer nopt to know these bits (similar to myself not wanting to see where my sunday roast chicken comes from, and how it reaches my plate)
And I do think that all of the staff on the Gunther Von Thingy programmes do show a good level of respect and reverence for the fact that they are using human specimens, and are in no way disrespectful with any of the bodies or body parts they use.
I saw this guy on that prog with Jamie Oliver about our eating habits and he had sliced a cross section of 2 frozen bodies to show how and where fat is stored in the body - fascinating! :shock:
I've witnessed operations first hand and deal with death and corpses on a regular basis through my work but I don't think I could watch an autopsy. :scared:
I choose not to watch - personal choice. I find it disrespectful and distasteful.
But give me a naked body (alive of course) and I will conduct a full and thorough body search........ :twisted:
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beautifully put
