Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, plastinated bodies are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows such as this one.

'Plastination' is a term coined by German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens for his method of preserving human bodies or parts of them. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens at work fixing body parts in their proper position. Von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens saws a frozen body into 3.5 millimeter slices. Von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist, Professor Gunther von Hagens and his team remove dirt from the frontal section of a male body on top of a fluorescent screen before curing it between glass plates. Von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

Plastinated slices of the brain of someone who died from a severe hemorrhage are cured by ultraviolet light. German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies or parts of them which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the products of plastination are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

German anatomist Professor Gunther von Hagens has developed a method of preserving human bodies which he calls 'plastination'.

Initially designed to create detailed anatomical preparations for educational and medical purposes, the outcomes are now also exhibited in highly controversial shows. At the private institute which he founded to be free from restrictions, it takes Von Hagens and his team up to 800 hours to prepare a whole body by replacing all water and fat with silicone or other polymers. The corpses are obtained through the institute's own body donation program.

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