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  by librariman

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Mary Roach

Tags: death cadavers dead macabre

Description: This book maintains a compassion for the living and a respect for the dead, while exploringThis book maintains a compassion for the living and a respect for the dead, while exploring the bizzare world of what can happen to a cadaver. It was an extremely enjoyable and thought provoking read. ...

2008-01-01

  by macewoman

• Current

Type: scientific

Status: finished

Author: Mary

Tags: nonfiction contemporary 2007 bc2007

Description: Death is not a subject I prefer to dwell on, but Roach approaches it with a matter-of-factDeath is not a subject I prefer to dwell on, but Roach approaches it with a matter-of-fact air. Her rather morbid sense of humor had me chuckling more than once, but I can see how it wouldn't go over so well with everyone. While the historical information was interesting, the recent uses involving cadavers were amazing. I didn't realize how much cadavers were still used in research today....

2007-12-03

  by cdesrosiers

• Current

Type: documentary

Status: to read

Author: Mary Roach

2007-04-21

  by linguamichael

• Current

Type: scientific

Status: to read

Author: Mary Roach

Tags: medicine

2006-12-27

  by ricochetxmoon

• Current

Type: scientific

Status: I recommend

Author: Mary Roach

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

2006-06-11