Scott Paulding on thu 18 aug 05
Hi All,
Let me put on my Massage Therapist's hat for a second.
When I was at massage school, learning anatomy, we took an afternoon to
visit the cadaver lab at a local chiropractic college. We did this to
learn and understand and see the underlying muscular/anatomical structures
of a body. We were walked through, muscle by muscle throughout the body.
Before the lecture, we were assured that each cadaver in the room (there
were at least 12 under sheets, on tables) was donated to the lab as a
personal gift of the person who owned the body in life. Meaning, the body
was donated to science. There was no disrespecting of the corpse, because
it was being used as intended. The doctors training/teaching there were
not a bunch of crackpots who were robbing graves of their occupants.
Did this make it any less creepy? No. The cadaver used for the lecture was
very old (3-5 years, I think), and the muscles were starting to dry out.
They looked more like beef jerky than muscles.
But back to this museum display...when it first surfaced, the links to
pictures flew around school (2 or so years ago). I thought, from a massage
point of view, that it would be really great to be able to not only see
the muscles, but see how they all are layered and work together.
I think, after this cadaver lab experience, 'shocking' would be dead
bodies, skin attached, hanging on meathooks in a gallery. This display is
not shocking because it is so educational, and is intended that way.
my $.02
-scott
"Do you realize...that happiness makes you cry?"
-The Flaming Lips
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