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Article #2599Re: Request for Human Skeleton
From: Paul Tobin
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:14
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:14
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Steve Dyer (dyer@spdcc.com) wrote: : Not to dwell on the macabre, but the big science museum in Chicago : (the one on the lake--I forget its name) has a (very, very, very old) : exhibit where a cadaver has been sliced top-to-bottom in something like : 1/2" slices and encased in lucite or something similar. These are then : mounted on a hinge, so you can "flip thru" them like the pages of a book. Yes, it's the Museum of Science and Industry on Lake Shore Drive, just south of downtown Chicago. By all means an excellent museum! I especially like touring the captured submarine (WWII ?). : This must date from before the 50's. I'd have to agree. It's been 4 years or more since I saw the exhibit, but it was definitely pretty old. Fascinating, though. Paul Tobin pgt@fc.hp.com
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Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,alt.3d,comp.graphics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-col!fc.hp.com!pgt From: pgt@fc.hp.com (Paul Tobin) Subject: Re: Request for Human Skeleton Sender: news@fc.hp.com (news daemon) Message-ID: <Bxx3ou.9Gv@fc.hp.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:14:53 GMT Distribution: na References: <1992Nov7.200216.25185@spdcc.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6] Lines: 18