LOL... check this out!  http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/bodies.html
   
  Cee

Del Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  I found that facinating Leigh, thanks for sharing it....I also found it mind
boggling that one could go to an exhibition with cadivers....AND take the
children. WOW.

Del
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Anne & Rob Leon" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Lack of respect & knowledge of breasts


> Hello All,
>
> Just wanted to share what I think is a relevant experience. I live in NYC
> and we have an exhibit here called Bodies. It is very cool - preserved
> cadavers - seeing the inner workings of human bodies. I was so looking
> forward to seeing the womans body - especially breasts!
> I have to explain, the bodies are mostly stripped of skin so we can see
the
> inside. Well, I got to the woman representing reproduction. The breasts
were
> round with the outer skin in a circle with the mammary tissue in a circle.
> At the end of the exhibit there are people to answer questions. I asked
> about the breast, why are they lacking complete mammary tissue, they
pointed
> me to a man in a white coat - "he's the one to ask" - so I ask where is
the
> rest of the mammary tissue - youi know, where it extends up into the chest
> and the arm pits? "That's just lymphatic ducts, that's why." No, I said,
> there is more, the milk production goes up into here - as I point around
my
> baby in my sling and touch my mammary area - my 10 year old daughter
rolled
> her eyes and walked away. I held my ground with the man in the white coat.
> "Do you want me to break out the anatmony book?" he asked a bit pompously.
> Yes I do! Look up Tale of Spence.
> Well, he starts looking through sceptically and guess what he finds? The
> mammary tissue is not just a perfect circle!
> "Wow, you taught me something."
> I admitted I am a Lactation Consultant - he asked how I got to do that - I
> answered that it took a lot of work and a long time!
>
> He suggested I write my observations in the books at the end of the
exhibit.
>
> I have seen three women in the last week with lots of milk build up in the
> chest and/or arm pits.
>
> Why is this such a surprise to medical people - he is a physical therapist
> who admittedly has worked with many cadavers with the breasts simply
pushed
> to the side.
>
> Just wanted to share this experience!
>
> Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC
> NYC
>
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