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Events A new exhibit featuring preserved human bodies is making its North American debut in Boston "Body Worlds: Anatomy of Happiness" is the latest traveling exhibit from Gunther von Hagens.

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Galen dissecting a monkey, Veloso Salgado (1906). wikimedia It wasn’t until the 14th century that anatomy and medical science advanced thanks to the start of systematic human cadaver dissections.