UK News 20-11-2002 who: Body Worlds creator Prof Gunther von Hagens what: Will defy police ban to go ahead with public autopsy where: LONDON when: Tonight snippet: Police are prepared to enforce the 1832 Anatomy Act passed to prevent unscrupulous surgeons taking unclaimed bodies from workhouses for dissection, says BBC Online. "HM Inspector`s attitude reminds me of the times when clergymen reserved the right to read the Bible," countered Prof von Hagens, who will dissect a woman`s body in front of 500 people this evening. "The time is over when the medics can insist on exclusive knowledge about vital medical procedures." Channel 4 insists it will be broadcasting the event, saying it was confronting the "ultimate taboo" of death. [... more]

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