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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers is a 2003 non-fiction work by Mary Roach. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, it details the unique scientific contributions of the deceased.

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“You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place.”

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“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.”

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“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.”

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“Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.”

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“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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