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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

"Those curious or brave enough to find out what really happens to a body that is donated to the scientific community can do so with this book. Dissection in medical anatomy classes is about the least bizarre of the purposes that science has devised. Mostly dealing with such contemporary uses such as stand-ins for crash-test dummies, Roach also pulls together considerable historical and background information. Bodies are divided into types, including "beating-heart" cadavers for organ transplants, and individual parts-leg and foot segments, for example, are used to test footwear for the effects of exploding land mines. Just as the nonemotional, fact-by-fact descriptions may be getting to be a bit too much, Roach swings into macabre humor. In some cases, it is needed to restore perspective or aid in understanding both what the procedures are accomplishing and what it is hoped will be learned. In all cases, the comic relief welcomes readers back to the world of the living. For those who are interested in the fields of medicine or forensics and are aware of some of the procedures, this book makes excellent reading."


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Description: This book maintains a compassion for the living and a respect for the dead, while exploring...


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Description: Death is not a subject I prefer to dwell on, but Roach approaches it with a matter-of-fact...


2007-12-03

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Description: A great nonfiction read! Amazingly, as death-fact filled as it is, the book is quite humorous....


2007-07-20


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Description: Brilliant and interesting! Morbid, but educational.


2007-05-26

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Description: Funny and interesting book, but not the best writing ever.


2006-12-30

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2006-12-27


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2006-07-20

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Description: "Those curious or brave enough to find out what really happens to a body that is donated...


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