Plastination
Plastinación
- Date
- 1977 · confidence high
- Place
- Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Credited to
- Gunther von Hagens
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
An anatomical preservation technique that replaces the water and fat in tissue with plastic polymers, yielding durable, odourless specimens that can be handled; developed by Gunther von Hagens at Heidelberg University.
What it led to
- Preservation of anatomical specimens for medical teaching
- Public anatomy exhibitions (Body Worlds)
- New methods for preserving biological tissue