german professor gunther von hagens performs a public autopsy on a 72 year old man in front of an audience at the atlantis gallery in london november 20 2002 von hagens is carrying out the first public post mortem examination in great britain since the 1830s despite being threatened with arrest after her majestys inspector of anatomy ruled on november 19 that he did not have a licence to carry out the autopsy reuterskieran doherty kdjms 2d3xm39.jpg from autopsy with audience View Photo