Editing Plastination (section)

{{Short description|Technique used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts}}
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[[File:Laminitis plastinate hc biovision.jpg|thumb|240px|A plastinated and [[Microscope slide#Prepared mount or permanent mount|sectioned]] example of a [[laminitis|diseased horse's hoof]], mounted for teaching purposes]]

'''Plastination''' is a technique or process used in [[anatomy]] to preserve bodies or body parts, first developed by [[Gunther von Hagens]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/plastination/idea_plastination.html |title=The Idea behind plastination |publisher=Institute for Plastination |access-date=1 May 2012 |year=2006}}</ref> The water and [[fat]] are replaced by certain [[plastic]]s, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or [[bacterial decay|decay]], and even retain most properties of the original sample.<ref>{{cite journal |first=A. H. |last=Weiglein |title=Overview & General Principles of the Plastination Procedures |journal=8th Interim Conf Plast |year=2005 |url=http://www.uqtr.uquebec.ca/plastination/Abstracts-2005.html#Weiglein-01-2005 |access-date=27 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211411/http://www.uqtr.uquebec.ca/plastination/Abstracts-2005.html#Weiglein-01-2005 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>