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Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers / Mary ... Read More

Roach, Mary.(Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780393324822
  • ISBN: 0393324826
  • Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2004, ©2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: ©2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages ... Read More
Formatted Contents Note:
A head is a terrible thing to waste: practicing ... Read More
Summary, etc.:
A look inside the world of forensics examines the ... Read More
Local Note:
Faculty reserve.
Material for LENG-223 (Blandford).
Subject: Human experimentation in medicine.
Dead.
Human dissection.
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520 . ‡aA look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-303).
5050 . ‡aA head is a terrible thing to waste: practicing surgery on the dead -- Crimes of anatomy: body-snatching and other sordid tales from the dawn of human dissection -- Life after death: on human decay and what can be done about it -- Dead man driving: human crash test dummies and the ghastly, necessary science of impact tolerance -- Beyond the black box: when the bodies of the passengers must tell the story of a crash -- The cadaver who joined the army: the sticky ethics of bullets and bombs -- Holy cadaver: the crucifixion experiments -- How to know if you're dead: beating-heart cadavers, live burial, and the scientific search for the soul -- Just a head: decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant -- Eat me: medicinal cannibalism and the case of the human dumplings -- Out of the fire, into the compost bin: and other new ways to end up -- Remains of the author: will she or won't she?
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