8 | 23.2.2012 | 3 months ago
“ The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had an occasion to make a comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan. But here are forty of them, one per pan, resting fac-up on what looks like to be a small pet-food bowl. … The heads have been put in roasting pans - which are of the disposable aluminum variety - for the same reason chickens are put in roasting pans: to catch the drippings. Surgery, even surgery upon the dead, is a tidy, orderly affair.
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.
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.
