1 2 C HA P T E R HEAD SURGERY BODY SNATCHER DECAY PROCESS CRASH DUM M I ES PL ANE CRASH W EAPON TEST CRUCI FI XON TEST ORGAN DONATI ON HEAD TRANSPL ANT M EDI CI NAL CANNI BAL I SM BODY COM POST BODY DONATI ON
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What I do is, think of them as wax.
...To think of the dead as structures and tissues, not a former human being.
When you die, it won’t ultimately be very appealing.
They are very good at handling pain.
I know they can’t feel it. I know I’m not going to hurt them.
They focus on parts, not the person.
You lose sight of how odd you must appear to the world.
But if their heart is beating, aren’t they still a person?
Theoretically, for as long as blood supply last, the head would be able to think, hear, smell.
It is pity to throw them away with other rubbish.
I say let’s lift garden waste as high as human body.
Who was this woman? What did she do? How did she come to be here?
EXPLAINING WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH YOUR BODY A FTE R YOU’RE DE A D.
M OOD MYSTE RY DARK HUMOUR SKEPTIC A L SU RREAL
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A HEAD IS A TE R R I B L E T H I N G T O WA S T E Practicing surgery on the dead
What I do is, think of them as wax.
CRIMES OF A N AT O M Y Body snatching and other sordid tales from the dawn of human dissection
...To think of the dead as structures and tissues, not a former human being.
LIFE AFTER D E AT H On human decay and what can be done about it.
When you die, it won’t ultimately be very appealing.
DE A D M A N D R I V I N G Human crash test dummies and the ghastly,necessary science of impact tolerance
I know they can’t feel it. I know I’m not going to hurt them.
BEYOND THE BLACK BOX What the bodies of the passengers must tell the story of a crash
They focus on parts, not the person.
T H E C A D AV E R WHO JOINED THE ARMY The sticky ethics of bullets and bombs
They are very good at handling pain.
H O LY C A D AV E R The crucifixion experiments
You lose sight of how odd you must appear to the world.
HOW TO KNOW I F Y O U ’R E D E A D Beating-heart cadavers, live burial, and the scientific search for the soul
But if their heart is beating, aren’t they still a person?
JUST A HEAD Decapitation, reanimation, and the human head transplant
Theoretically, for as long as blood supply last, the head would be able to think, hear, smell.
E AT M E Medicinal cannibalism and the case of human dumplings
It is pity to throw them away with other rubbish.
OU T O F T H E F I R E , INTO THE COMPOST BIN And other new ways to end up
I say let’s lift garden waste as high as human body.
REMAINS OF THE AUTHOR Will she or won’t she?
Who was this woman? What did she do? How did she come to be here?
Will she won’t Whator would you she? do with your body?