[blueerica]

For me, it was an opportunity to see the human body aside from a purely plastic model. Very few ever get to see the human cadaver, and even then, having something plasticized gives depth to the saggy remains of the dead.

I remember taking anatomy in high school. Often, high school anatomy (I'm not talking simple biology) involved a fetal pig, at best, and I was fortunate to be able to use a cat, as it is closer to our features than most other animals. Aside from that, I got to have mediocre plastic models of the body and organs, that were hard to learn from. The depth of understanding what happens to the body under certain conditions is not common for the commoner. See the enlarged heart, a black lung, a tumor, breakages, and prosthetics. For me, seeing those things gave me understanding toward myself. I checked out the prosthetic knee. With the shape mine is in, I don't doubt I'll have a later model of the ones they displayed there.

Of course, it wasn't probably as crowded when I went.

That can account for a lot.