I've always assumed that when I donate my body to science, my cadaver would be used for medical research. I had no idea that I could possibly become (1) a cadaver in a med school anatomy class, (2) a human crash test dummy, (3) a faux murder victim for crime scene investigation research, (4) freeze...
Interesting take on the subject. Could easily be upsetting to some people. Having been lucky enough to learn from a cadaver I'm glad someone has bought together the ways that they are helpful and a valuable resource. Having said that it hasn't persuaded me to donate my body (other than organ donatio...
Just a quick review for this book.You should really know what the book is about just from the title. Having said that, you should also know better than to eat while trying to read this book. I, however, did NOT know better. Trying to eat a turkey sandwich while reading about cannibalism and animal t...
As the subtitle proclaims, this is about human cadavers. Corpses. Dead Bodies. For all that, I found this a ... lively book. One thoroughly entertaining and informative even if at times gross. It helps that I'm not made particularly squeamish about the written word. There were instances in the book ...
4.5 stars. Fascinating. Funny. Horrifying in parts. The chapters that cover medical animal testing, are especially hard to read. However the author's humor is never crass or at the expensive of another: human or animal. A couple of quotes from Stiff: “The human head is of the same approximate si...
Before I started reading this, I skimmed some reviews and I kept waiting for the "uproariously" funny bits. I never found them. What I found instead, were corny, cheesy puns that made me think the author was trying too hard. I also didn't like her side ramblings. It just got in the way. Still, this ...
A strangely compelling book that's quite an interesting read. Mary Roach looks into uses of corpses. From Science to organs from experimentation to art, this is a description of the many and varied uses of dead bodies and is strangely compelling. Occasionally I found myself wanting more informati...
Roach writes a droll account of the way human cadavers have been viewed throughout history and in our present day. Well, viewed, cut up, eaten, shot, dropped from hundred of feet, etc. I don't have any problem with her book as a concept, writing about death in a humorous and curious slant. But I do ...
I walked into the room the whole time never taking my eyes off the cadaver on the table. I was not afraid nor sickened. I was fascinated. It was the corpse of an old man and it had been eviscerated. A cut opened up it’s chest exposing the organs that were still attached. Another cut had spilt it’s h...
"The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants." Theodore Roosevelt 4.5 until i can compare it to other writings by the same authorSo why does one read this sort book? coc...
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