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December 14, 2018 03:52 pm PST

The incredible story of Susan Potter, the "immortal corpse"

In the year 2,000, Susan Potter, then 72, donated her body to medicine. After Potter died, scientists froze her corpse, sliced it into 27,000 slivers thinner than a human hair, photographed each slice, and created "the worlds most advanced virtual cadaver using the highest-quality imagery of an entire human body in existence." Not only is the virtual cadaver an incredible accomplishment but so is National Geographic's story about Potter and the lead researcher, Dr. Vic Spitzer Ph.D., director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Why? Because National Geographic followed this incredible story of the Visible Human Project for almost two decades, from before Potter died through the completion of the simulation. Watch the documentary above. From National Geographic:

Are you interested in working with us before you die? (Spitzer) finally asked (Potter). Are you interested in giving us more than just your bodyin giving us your personality and knowledge?

Spitzer wanted to videotape her while she was living and record her talking about her life, her health, her medical history. Your pathology isnt that interesting to the project, Spitzer told Potter. But if I could capture you talking to medical students, when theyre looking at slices of your body, you could tell them about your spinewhy you didnt want the surgery, what kind of pain the surgery caused, and what kind of life you led after the surgery. That would be fascinating.

Theyll see her body while theyre hearing her stories, he explained, adding that video and audio of her would make her more real and introduce the element of emotion to students.

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