From a German border town on the banks of the river Neisse, the anatomist Gunther von Hagens commands a fortress of death. Dormant forklifts dot the courtyard next to bits of fencing; water drips from ceilings in the dormitories; floral wallpaper sags.
This wilted splendour gives way, in places, to the fundamental work of von Hagens's business -- the extraction of body parts and sale of preserved remains. A few years ago, he spent $50 million (£30 million) to turn this site into a global headquarters for his Body Worlds exhibits, fitted out with tanks of acetone (for defatting tissue), freezers and a morgue. In one corner of the yard, a refrigerated warehouse holds a band-saw big enough to rip an elephant in half. In another, the carcass of a giraffe lies at the bottom of a swimming pool.
By: Daniel Engber, Edited by: Kadhim Shubber
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/04/features/the-plastinarium-of-dr-von-hagens
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