📖 peek insideStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
Mary Roach takes readers on a fascinating, macabre, and often humorous journey into the lives of human cadavers. For two thousand years, dead bodies have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. From early anatomy lessons to modern-day crash tests and forensic research, Roach explores how the deceased have contributed to medical progress and safety. This book is a compelling blend of science and history that treats its unusual subject matter with both curiosity and profound respect for the human form.
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Notable Quotes
"The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you."
"Life contains these things: leakage and wickage and discharge, pus and snot and slime and gleet. We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."
"We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."
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