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This Man Turned Human Corpses Into Popular Museum Displays. Now, the Creator of These Controversial ‘Body Worlds’ Has Donated His Own Body to Science
Gunther von Hagens created 'Body Worlds,' a museum display of real human corpses. He used a process called plastination to preserve the bodies. Von Hagens died in July at 81 and donated his own body to science.
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