Stiff

The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

By: Mary Roach

ETHICAL ISSUES: SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS MEDICAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT SOCIOLOGY: DEATH & DYING

Description

Everything you ever wanted to know about what happens to bodies after they die. In this exploration into the macabre, Mary Roach tells a story that reaches from medieval pharmacies, stories of 19th century body snatching, to the present-day Body Farms, and conferences on human composting.
Everything you ever wanted to know about what happens to bodies after they die. In this exploration into the macabre, Mary Roach tells a story that reaches from medieval pharmacies, stories of 19th century body snatching, to the present-day Body Farms, and conferences on human composting.

This Edition

Format
Paperback
Pages
304
Published
July 1, 2004
ISBN-13
9780141007458
Publisher
Penguin Canada

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