Body Worlds

It was but one day ago that I had the opportunity to attend Body Worlds (3). The experience left me with many impressions but the most puissant of these was the story of Horatio, one of the corpses on display. Here is Horatio's story:

Horatio decided to commit suicide in a way no one ever had before; he would rip out his own organs. He took quite a while deciding on a pose but eventually decided to balance on three wooden balls. He had a close friend cut open his back, the friend had agreed to help because of the artistic impact Horatio's suicide would have. His friend lifted the skin of his back and Horatio reached behind him, grabbed his organs and ripped them all out in one neat package. In his last moments of life he hoisted his organs triumphantly above his head and then fell forward into the growing pool of blood.

Horatio has since been put back in his pose and, as previously stated, put on display in Body Worlds.