Ok, I’ll admit it - I only picked up this book to fulfill the non-fiction slot in my Kindle reading challenge. I never gave much thought to cadavers, much less their lives, as it were. Roach approaches the subject with an insatiable curiosity, a ton of science, and a bit of humor…
Anatomists. Grave Robbers. Anatomy Labs. Practice. Impartial. Respectful. Crash test dummies. Mortuary. Decay. Bits and pieces. Airplane crashes. Bullet wounds. Plastic surgeons. Crucifiction. Brain dead. Decapitation. Mummies. Fertilizer, compost. Freeze dried bodies. Plasticized bodies. Learning tool. Historically searching for medical answers. Forward thinking experimentation. How do we deal with all the dead bodies?
My conundrum: burial, cremation, donate, compost? In the end will it be me who ultimately makes the decision, or someone else? How do I see my body moving through space and time without my life force, my spirit, my soul? And since I am an organ donor, without my innards intact? Not sure, but this book has given me a lot to think about - and more than my husband wanted to hear about cadavers, for sure.
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