The creator of an exhibit of plastinated body parts is passionate about teaching the public about the complicated and often delicate systems that make up the human body.
Professor emerita with Memorial University, Dr. Shakti Chandra, studied under the inventor of plastination in Germany.
Dr. Shakti Chandra (submitted photo)
She now oversees a variety of human bodies and body parts that have been preserved using the process which she displays in a respectful way to help instruct and educate the public about how the body works.
Dr. Chandra says seeing the body first-hand helps to illustrate just how important it is to preserve your health.
She says many people would never pour water into their gas tank, but often don’t think about the harm caused to the body.
“When you see the heart, and you see the blood vessels, and you see how small they are that carry the blood to the heart for it to function, then you would see, it doesn’t take much to block it.”
The Body Works exhibit takes place at MUN’s Faculty of Medicine this Saturday, September 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Free parking is available in lot 27 on levels two and three, and lot 30.
