Gunther von Hagens, a German scientist whose itinerant exhibitions of human corpses, skinned to expose bones and muscles and placed as if they were in the midst of daily activities — dancing, running, copulating — attracted tens of millions of avid spectators, along with vigorous criticisms of religious and human rights groups, died on 24 July in Heidelberg, Germany. He was 81 years old. Rebecca Brewer, his personal assistant, stated that the de…
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Gunther von Hagens, a German scientist whose itinerant exhibitions of human corpses, skinned to expose bones and muscles and placed as if they were in the midst of daily activities — dancing, running, copulating — attracted tens of millions of avid spectators, along with vigorous criticisms of religious and human rights groups, died on 24 July in Heidelberg, Germany. He was 81 years old. Rebecca Brewer, his personal assistant, stated that the de…