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Maybe I want to donate my body, maybe I want to be composted, I don’t really know anymore.
This was recommended to me by a friend and it's a wild read (listen).
The audio book is narrated by the Shelly Fraiser, whose voice and inflection is great (made me think of Holly Hunter).
This is incredibly well researched and the information is presented in a semi-academic, but very layman-friendly way. It explores everything from the history of how cadavers were handled to the study of decomposition, funerary cultural practices, organ donation, experiments and what the future of the handling of human remains might look like.
Admittedly, this is not for the squeamish or easily disturbed/triggered. I can handle a lot an at times I found myself pausing the book or grunting in reaction to something. There's a section about what happened to the bodies of the victims of TWA Flight 800 that really messed with me, as I've got a fear of flying I'm working on, but I still found it interesting.
I would recommend this to anyone in the medical field or who can stomach an in-depth look at what happens to our bodies when we die, how cadavers were dealt with in the past, and what your options are for the future.
The audio book is narrated by the Shelly Fraiser, whose voice and inflection is great (made me think of Holly Hunter).
This is incredibly well researched and the information is presented in a semi-academic, but very layman-friendly way. It explores everything from the history of how cadavers were handled to the study of decomposition, funerary cultural practices, organ donation, experiments and what the future of the handling of human remains might look like.
Admittedly, this is not for the squeamish or easily disturbed/triggered. I can handle a lot an at times I found myself pausing the book or grunting in reaction to something. There's a section about what happened to the bodies of the victims of TWA Flight 800 that really messed with me, as I've got a fear of flying I'm working on, but I still found it interesting.
I would recommend this to anyone in the medical field or who can stomach an in-depth look at what happens to our bodies when we die, how cadavers were dealt with in the past, and what your options are for the future.
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yet again online user clover goes wild for weird books about dead bodies 🔥🔥🔥 seriously if i could actually do med school in terms of the workload and content (i am so bad at chemistry and physics) i would want to do it and be like a coroner. seriously i love the science behind dead bodies. that sounds insane but i cant explain it any other way. i’ve done a handful of wet labs and im so serious i go crazy its so interesting especially when you can see individual differences in specimens. like i had one where you could see my cow was over fed grass specifically based on how certain structures in the brain looked. like that’s so intriguing to me.
holy air ball that’s a tangent. but all that’s to say i love topics like this. this book was my wet dream (pun intended cuz… get it… wet lab… wet… dream… i’ll see myself out).
i learnt so fucking much from this book it’s crazy. shout-out the mass murdering of guinea pigs and human dumpling conspiracy 🔥 i’d have to say my favourite chapter was easily the first few following cadaver’s use in anatomy labs and/or for surgeons to use to hone in their techniques. super interesting to me (take a shot every time i say “interesting” because i can’t think of a better adjective)
ANYWAAYYY i did really like this book but. there’s a lot of random interviews and side quests. i mean yeah some of the interviews then added credence to the history roach provided, but i would’ve preferred a lot more of the history rather than her shooting a fake human leg or something. the first couple of chapters were set up perfectly to my liking, but idk the further the book progressed the less i liked the style in which information was conveyed. also at some times the comedy was… too much. yes there needs to be some lighthearted tone so this isn’t a dry ass book but at some times it was too much and took away from the book. it became a bit exhausting honestly and i was tired of it by the last handful of chapters. otherwise, i do think this book was great and i learnt a lot! it’s just the style and tone sometimes irked me a little bit. but i still think this is a worthwhile read, and im defo gonna consider donating my body to science even if in death a bunch of plastic surgeons use me to practice giving people BBLs or they throw my body off buildings to see the damage to my body or they leave me naked at the back of a university campus to see how i decompose. fuck it what else am i gonna do with my body. I’m Dead.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content
Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
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