Hi, All:  I saw the exhibit with my kids last year in Chicago.  At the time 
my oldest (24), who was a cadaver prosector for the gross anatomy 
department at Washington University, St. Louis, found the exhibit 
fascinating.  She said she would have loved to been involved in the 
project!  My other 2 (13 and 11) also were quite fascinated.  Back in my 
younger days, I used to teach college-level anatomy classes as well as my 
experiences (including cadaver dissection in nursing school) with the human 
body as a nurse, and also found this exhibit very interesting.  I, too, was 
a bit disappointed in the representative samples they had of a woman's 
reproductive organs, including the breast.  They had a separate section 
curtained off with signage, so that the visitor could choose to view this 
area of the exhibit, showing a cross-section of a pregnant woman with an 8 
month fetus in utero, as well as fetuses of various gestational ages.  The 
fascinating process they used to obtain all these specimens was explained 
and I felt the whole exhibit was tastefully and respectfully done, and can 
be a good learning experience for children.  I really liked the dissected-
out horse they had in the main room of the exhibit!

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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