Human bodies on display in downtown Omaha
By Blake Ursch / World-Herald staff writer May 3, 2018 Updated 1 hr ago
Though the exhibit is designed for all ages, organizers know some parts of the exhibit might not be for everyone. At least one section features signage warning viewers about its contents: preserved fetuses showing the various stages of human development.
The bodies, along with more than 100 organs and other specimens, have been preserved through a process called plastination, which replaces water and fat in the soft tissues with plastic, Merila said.
The bodies are first embalmed, then placed in a bath of acetone, which seeps into the cells, replacing the water inside. Later, the body is dunked in a bath of liquid polymer and boiled in a vacuum. The acetone in the cells vaporizes, drawing in the surrounding liquid plastic.
The plastic can be hardened using heat or UV light. But initially, the tissues are pliable, allowing them to be set in any number of different poses.
That exhibit, and the “doctor” that operates it, is quite bizarre.
Eek, I think I’m gonna stay away from Omaha for a while.
That is SO SICK I won’t click the link!!!!