Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Author). "One of many funniest and most uncommon books of the year.... Gross, academic, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."-Leisure Weekly.
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the unusual lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been concerned in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Area Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped clear up the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For each new surgical process, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making historical past of their quiet way.
In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries-from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay analysis facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery follow the lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' convention on human composting. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our our bodies once we are no longer with them.
I liked this book. It's full of great historical past and ever shocking humor. Roach makes the creepiest and most unsettling situations and themes fascinating and compelling. The writing is crisp, illuminating and at the instances screw ball and as I contemplated corpses of their many activities and professions I gained a new respect for them. I do not assume I would like my physique used as a crash take a look at dummy or have a gaggle of medical students slice me up but Roach is given a new respect to individuals who give them our bodies for these uses. A must learn for the curious with a way of humor.
Glorious book. Roach takes you thru pretty much any "authorized" choice you will have for disposing of your self after getting become deceased. It isn't a morbid learn, and wasn't read for it's morbitdity. I actually laughed out loud on four or 5 events whereas reading the ebook, due to Roach's dry/sarcastic humor. Though, the e-book was written with the upmost respect. That is the perfect guide I have read currently and I might advocate it to anyone who has ever contemplated the disposal of their very own body. Glorious read.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach (Author)
303 pages
W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (April 17, 2003)
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