The infiltrating of histological specimens with plastics, including acrylic resins, epoxy resins and polyethylene glycol, for support of the tissues in preparation for sectioning with a microtome.
    

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Information on donating your body for plastination.

Controversial bodies : thoughts on the public display of plastinated corpses / edited by John D. Lantos.

The anatomy of Body Worlds : critical essays on the plastinated cadavers of Gunther von Hagens / edited by T. Christine Jespersen, Alicita Rodríguez, and Joseph Starr.

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Information on donating your body for plastination.

Controversial bodies : thoughts on the public display of plastinated corpses / edited by John D. Lantos.

The anatomy of Body Worlds : critical essays on the plastinated cadavers of Gunther von Hagens / edited by T. Christine Jespersen, Alicita Rodríguez, and Joseph Starr.