February 2012
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Endocarditis.
fuckyeahmedicalstuff:
What is endocarditis?
Endocarditis is a serious infection of one of the four heart valves.
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“Though it’s harder to justify the use of a cadaver for practising nose...”
– From Ch. 1, “A Head is a Terrible Thing to Waste”, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, on organ donation in regards to surgical purposes, and what people may not be aware of their bodies being used for.
“The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken....”
– From Ch. 1, “A Head is a Terrible Thing to Waste”, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, on a facial anatomy and face-lifter refresher course where surgeons practise their techniques on the dead.
“According to the Kind & Knox Web site, other products made with...”
– Footnote from Ch. 6, “The Cadaver Who Joined the Army”, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, concerning the use of ballistics gelatin to study the effects of bullet wounds and the like. Ballistics gelatin was created in tandem with the Kind & Knox gelatin company...
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“I figure if I could suture up a dead body from head to toe, I could learn how to...”
– former embalmer, presently a fashion designer
