found: Work cat.: Peuker, T. & Schulz, C. Der über Leichen geht: Gunther von Hagens und seine "Kor̈perwelten", 2004:back cover (The inventor of plastination (Gunther von Hagens) is one of the most successful and, at the same time, enigmatic German scientists)
found: International Society for Plastination www site, Jan. 6, 2006(Plastination is a unique technique of tissue preservation developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in Heidelberg, Germany in 1978. In this process, water and lipids in biological tissues are replaced by curable polymers (silicone, epoxy, polyester) which are subsequently hardened, resulting in dry, odorless and durable specimens)
found: Bodyworlds www site, Jan. 6, 2006(Plastination technique: a process at the interface of the medical discipline of anatomy and polymer chemistry, plastination makes it possible to preserve individual tissues and organs that have been removed from the body...)
notfound: OED;Chambers 20th century dict.
