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Kristen Lea Elsby <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:45:47 +1100
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On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Doug Lantry wrote:

> In a recent issue of _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ (perhaps two or
> three weeks ago), a "visible man" project was profiled.  A convict,
> sentenced to death, had willed his body to science.  After he was
> dispatched with a lethal injection, his body was frozen in a gel into a
> large block.  Then, researchers cut the block into 1,500 sections.
>
> The visible man, as I recall, is available on CD or computer tapes or
> disks, but it's quite expensive.

The Visible Human Project sample images can be found at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov

This will take you to the NLM homepage, then select "Visible Human Project"


Kristen Elsby
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