In the recent episode of Matanglawin aired yesterday, September 14,

2014, the show talks about things that is impossible and possible to do. A
part of the episode discusses “Plastination” .It is a technique or process
used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat in the
body are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be
touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the
original sample. This technique was invented by Gunther von Hagens, In
November 1979; he applied for a German patent, proposing the idea of
preserving animal and vegetable tissues permanently by synthetic resin
impregnation. With the success of his patents, von Hagens went on to
form the Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany in 1993. The
Institute of Plastination, along with von Hagens made their first showing
of plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995, which drew more than three million
visitors. The process start when 24 to 72 hours after the death of the
person, the body will be put in a preservation fluid so it won’t decay. After
that, the body will be put in a vacuum chamber then the body will be
impregnated by silicone. Finally, bodies will be exposed to gas and heat so
they can harden. A specimen can be anything from a full human body to a
small piece of an animal organ, and they are known as 'plastinates'.Once
plastinated, the specimens and bodies are further manipulated and
positioned prior to curing (hardening) of the polymer chains.

This episode had let me had a wider understanding of things that may
seem to be impossible to happen but with the help of science particularly
physics and chemistry it is probable. Above all, the one thing that I was
truly astonished was the process on how it was possible to preserve human
bodies without the unpleasant odor and decaying properties of the body
itself.