Jarring Bodies: Thoughts on the Display of Unusual Anatomies
@article{Dreger2000JarringBT, title={Jarring Bodies: Thoughts on the Display of Unusual Anatomies}, author={A. Dreger}, journal={Perspectives in Biology and Medicine}, year={2000}, volume={43}, pages={161 - 172} }
This past April I woke up suddenly from a frightening yet laughable little dream in which I couldn’t breathe because Governor John Engler, dressed in a power suit, was sitting on my naked chest. My dreams have always been this transparent; they would bore a psychotherapist. I knew immediately when I awoke what this dream was about. The next day I had an appointment with a professional photographer who was going to take a picture of me, bare except for my wedding ring on my left ring finger and… CONTINUE READING
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