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Article: World made flesh: bodies. Human bodies. We love them. We need them. but examine the body, and you will see a lot more besides, argues Vanessa Bird.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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A long the white corridors are garish, coloured illustrations showing parts of the body I hardly knew existed, let alone cared about.
They take on particular significance now, some organs and their functions especially so.
We make our way, down one floor, to the operating theatre. Above its twin doors are strict instructions not to enter. A few yards away, opposite the doors, are a couple of tables with blue covered chairs. Here we sit and wait.
Not for the first time am I aware of a horrible congruence. I was in the early stages of putting together this issue of the NI on the theme of `the body' and had just finished commissioning the main ...