EXHIBITION: Body Worlds & The Story of the Heart

Body Worlds with The Story of the Heart www.bodyworlds.com

Exhibition Centre, Basel, on now till January 2, 2012

This content was published on August 25, 2011 - 14:21

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The latest exhibition which focuses on the heart and cardiovascular system, includes more than 200 human specimens, whole-body plastinates, organs and translucent body slices. More than 32 million visitors around the world have seen Gunther von Hagens’ amazing Body Worlds.

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