"Step right up, for the price of one thin Hamilton..."
"SEE a man crucified before your eyes..."
Most, if not all, of von Hagens' plastinated human beings bear a striking resemblance to, you guessed it, Gunther von Hagens.
He sells a macabre chamber of death and passes it off as 'medical science'.
Never heard of him, doesn't sound like anything I'd care for.
"Step right up, for the price of one thin Hamilton..."
"SEE a man crucified before your eyes..."
Yeah, I guess so. I went into a small museum at the medical school where I work and some of the specimens were plastinated. I have to admit it is far superior to fixing in formalin -- light years superior. I also assisted on dozens of autopsies when I was young, so I'm not the least bit squeamish, but I didn't go to the body worlds show. I felt like it would be fine if it was really for students to learn, but that it was actually a macabre display, like you say.