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A Nationwide Recall on Possibly Diseased Body Parts

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has issued a nationwide recall of an unknown number of body parts shipped to approximately 60 academic institutions, teaching hospitals, and clinics between November 2000 and May 2002. Due to poor record keeping, officials at the Texas medical school have been unable to determine if the body parts had been tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2002/0809
Preserved cadaver exhibits banned in Seattle

Exhibition or freak show? 'Bodies: The Exhibition' cashes in our own curiosity http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/286689_bodies28.html Anatomy of a controversy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/19/AR2005081902055.html Missouri congressman concerned about origin of bodies at exhibit currently in...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/0723