First of all, great job on this AMA! Incredibly interesting read. Not anywhere near your field, but we have a common ground on dead bodies. Im a pre-med student, and 3 hours every Wednesday we dissect cadavers for AnaLab class.
Where do you think does Universities get cadavers? Do they buy unclaimed bodies from morticians (company, firm), do they actually buy them from families that do not have enough money or monetary assistance to bury their loved ones? How much do they cost? These has been a constant question for me and my classmates.
Our cadavers (we are assigned the same one, by group, for the whole year) stay pretty much intact for the whole year. Soft and bendable, just a little dry. How is that possible? I saw one of our labtechs wiping one of the cadavers with this minty smelling clear liquid, the same way youd apply floorwax to a floor. I meant, with all the muscles and organs dried and sticking out, hed just wipe em on flat out.
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First of all, great job on this AMA! Incredibly interesting read. Not anywhere near your field, but we have a common ground on dead bodies. Im a pre-med student, and 3 hours every Wednesday we dissect cadavers for AnaLab class.
Where do you think does Universities get cadavers? Do they buy unclaimed bodies from morticians (company, firm), do they actually buy them from families that do not have enough money or monetary assistance to bury their loved ones? How much do they cost? These has been a constant question for me and my classmates.
Our cadavers (we are assigned the same one, by group, for the whole year) stay pretty much intact for the whole year. Soft and bendable, just a little dry. How is that possible? I saw one of our labtechs wiping one of the cadavers with this minty smelling clear liquid, the same way youd apply floorwax to a floor. I meant, with all the muscles and organs dried and sticking out, hed just wipe em on flat out.
PS. Apologies, English isnt my first language.
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