Comments on: A Day in NYC – Bodies, South Street Seaport, Chinatown http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/ Simple living, natural learning & exploring the world Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Summer http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/comment-page-1/#comment-5836 Summer Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:14:49 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/#comment-5836 That sounds like a great trip. I think we would love going and seeing the bodies, I know my oldest would love it. But I dont' know if I could see the fetuses. I'm pro-choice, but my maternal instinct wants to over-ride that and protect every baby from the moment the cell splits. So it's hard to seperate my personal felings from how I feel ethically. That sounds like a great trip. I think we would love going and seeing the bodies, I know my oldest would love it.

But I dont’ know if I could see the fetuses. I’m pro-choice, but my maternal instinct wants to over-ride that and protect every baby from the moment the cell splits. So it’s hard to seperate my personal felings from how I feel ethically.

]]> By: Trish http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/comment-page-1/#comment-5828 Trish Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:31:38 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/#comment-5828 Maybe you wouldn't have the *final* choice if we were ever in an abortion situation, but I couldn't imagine shouldering that choice without you. I know that you respect me enough that it would be *our* choice. Maybe you wouldn’t have the *final* choice if we were ever in an abortion situation, but I couldn’t imagine shouldering that choice without you. I know that you respect me enough that it would be *our* choice.

]]> By: Arp http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/comment-page-1/#comment-5826 Arp Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:21:58 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/08/a-day-in-nyc-bodies-south-street-seaport-chinatown/#comment-5826 I thought I was going to be grossed out by the exhibit, and that maybe it would have a creepy smell like the one that funeral homes have. Unlike Trish, I can't sit through tv programs that show operations, even though I liked dissecting stuff for biology. I did not end up being grossed out. It was really cool - I only wish that M had a little more patience since he wanted to run around looking at everything as quickly as possible. The coolest and most unexpected part of the exhibit was the room on the circulatory system, where they had just veins, arteries & capillaries (and the occasional organ). The room was darker with lights just focussing on the exhibits and they were beautiful in a very organic sense. This naturally begged the question <em>How did they do that?</em> Later on a med student (I think) explained that the circulatory system gets pumped up with something that hardens, and the body is dropped into a vat of something that slowly dissolves it, leaving just the circulatory system. I found a picture online <a href="http://twi-ny.com/bodies.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I also found the fetal exhibit to be the most fascinating and moving part of. Looking at the little bodies reminded me of wondering what M or J looked like as the pregnancy progressed, and made me look forward to the day when we could go through that again. I do think parenthood has given me new perspective on abortion. While I have always been staunchly pro-choice, I have never been certain that it is a choice that I myself would be comfortable making. Not that such a choice would be mine, of course. I would still not want to make that choice for someone else, and such a choice should certainly be allowed by law. I need to hit Chinatown today to go get several pounds of those amazing chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. I feel like such a glutton for wanting to shove handfuls into my mouth :-P I thought I was going to be grossed out by the exhibit, and that maybe it would have a creepy smell like the one that funeral homes have. Unlike Trish, I can’t sit through tv programs that show operations, even though I liked dissecting stuff for biology.

I did not end up being grossed out. It was really cool – I only wish that M had a little more patience since he wanted to run around looking at everything as quickly as possible.

The coolest and most unexpected part of the exhibit was the room on the circulatory system, where they had just veins, arteries & capillaries (and the occasional organ). The room was darker with lights just focussing on the exhibits and they were beautiful in a very organic sense.

This naturally begged the question How did they do that? Later on a med student (I think) explained that the circulatory system gets pumped up with something that hardens, and the body is dropped into a vat of something that slowly dissolves it, leaving just the circulatory system. I found a picture online here.

I also found the fetal exhibit to be the most fascinating and moving part of. Looking at the little bodies reminded me of wondering what M or J looked like as the pregnancy progressed, and made me look forward to the day when we could go through that again.

I do think parenthood has given me new perspective on abortion. While I have always been staunchly pro-choice, I have never been certain that it is a choice that I myself would be comfortable making. Not that such a choice would be mine, of course. I would still not want to make that choice for someone else, and such a choice should certainly be allowed by law.

I need to hit Chinatown today to go get several pounds of those amazing chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. I feel like such a glutton for wanting to shove handfuls into my mouth :-P

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