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- From: pgt@fc.hp.com (Paul Tobin)
- Subject: Re: Request for Human Skeleton
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:14:53 GMT
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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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