Barnabas was born into a strict religious family who was against the teachings of science. However he grew up wanting nothing more than to study the delicate art of science. The function of the human body was his true passion. In secret he would go to the library and read anatomy and medical books, soon he could name the muscles of the body better than most college students. His teachers noticed his skill for science and when it came time for him to look to colleges he was encouraged to study medicine. He told them he could not because his family believed it would be a sin to desecrate a body in that way. They told him to follow his heart and he went with his families wishes. He became a missionary and did many great deeds. Though he held a secret from his family; he had decided to donate his body to science. When he passed unfortunately by an attack of spider monkeys on a mission his family found out the horrible truth. They wept as their sons body was taken and strip of his muscles one by one. The muscles were then used to teach art students how to reconstruct the body one muscle at a time. His noble donation is what is creating great artists out of us.
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