at the Detroit Science Center called Our Body: The Universe Within.
Yesterday we went to the exhibit with Leo and Marci who is a nurse and found it especially interesting. This has been in the plans for some time and finally our schedules meshed.
The exhibit displays specimens of the human body usually seen only by doctors and scientists showing us bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, etc. Some displays are whole body, some are parts. One whole-body display showed all the muscles, another all the bones, another nerves. Some case displays showed organ comparisons like cancerous lung and healthy one, enlarged stomach and ulcerated one.
The exhibit was so stimulating, had so much visual information, that at the end of the two-hour tour I felt mentally and physically exhausted. I could take only so much.
The body is remarkably complex. There are so many things in so many places that can go wrong that it is a wonder it does so well for so long.
After the body exhibit we "played" with exhibits in the science area--generating electricity, lifting half-ton weight, testing dexterity, and so on.
On our way home we had lunch at Detroit's Breakfast House and Grill on Merchant's Row, one of Robert Porcher and associates' several restaurants. Stuffed French toast, chicken and waffles, meat-lovers frittata, and seafood omelet. Delicious.
Great trip.
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