So much to enjoy in the first episode of True Detective's second season. It's too early to tell whether it will live up to the series' Emmy-winning first season, but great performances all around, with Colin Farrell proving to be the right choice to play Detective Ray Velcoro, and not just because of his physical appearance. (Said my wife while eating soggy french fries, during one of his scenes: "Ang gwapo talaga n'ya!") Taylor Kitsch brings remarkable depth to the character of Officer Paul Woodrugh. Rachel McAdams is reliable as always, and personally, I loved the opening credits.
The idea of preserving tattoos after death came into existence long before NAPSA . London's Wellcome Collection has over 300 specimens of preserved human flesh bearing tattoos , collected in the late 19th century. There are many more examples of smaller collections in Paris, Poland, Portugal, Berlin, and Austria. But what fascinates me the most is this lesser-known museum at Tokyo University, the Medical Pathology Museum, which houses pieces of skin collected since 1926 by Dr. Masaichi Fukushi. "Fukushi would perform autopsies on donated cadavers and dissect off just the skin. He created a method of treatment to preserve the skin and kept them stretched in a glass frame, essentially like a leather. Later the ownership of the tattooed skin collection was passed on to Fukushi's son Katsunari. Katsunari added a further 20 tattooed skins himself and it's believed that the Medical Pathology Museum has 105 in its collection, many with full body suits." ...
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