"Should You Donate Your Body To Science?" Topic
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Tango01  | 18 Jul 2023 4:53 p.m. PST |
"Thinking about what happens to you after you pass away is not easy. Did you leave behind instructions for your loved ones? A last will and testament? Will you be cremated, buried, or immortalized in a mausoleum? Are you an organ donor? Or should you donate your body to science?
Death isn't quite the subject of smiles and laughs. Death is somber, and for some, it's scary. Planning for your earthly departure is not a day at the beach. However, it is very important to leave your loved ones instructions on what you want to happen to your body after your death…"
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| ZULUPAUL | 19 Jul 2023 2:02 a.m. PST |
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| microgeorge | 19 Jul 2023 6:49 a.m. PST |
Considering the shape I'm in, I'll be donating my body to science fiction. |
| Frederick | 19 Jul 2023 7:35 a.m. PST |
Organ donation is great – until, of course, they get too worn out to use – when your body becomes the biological equivalent of a 1998 Lada |
| Titchmonster | 19 Jul 2023 10:12 a.m. PST |
Screw the body! Leave instructions for your collections so your loved ones can maximize the price when they sell it all off. |
| Tango01 | 19 Jul 2023 3:08 p.m. PST |
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| Wolfhag | 20 Jul 2023 8:29 a.m. PST |
I'd be very careful of what happens after you donate: link I know a guy that works for a company that sells artificial replacement parts for shoulders, knees, etc. Orthopedic surgeons need to practice with their products. So what they do is cut up the donor's body for a shoulder, knee, arm, leg, hip, etc to practice. Orthopedic surgeons also need to practice reconstructive surgery too. So they'll provide parts that have been smashed with a sledgehammer to simulate blunt force trauma and shoot parts with a pistol or rifle. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 20 Jul 2023 3:55 p.m. PST |
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| Volleyfire | 22 Jul 2023 2:26 a.m. PST |
I used to date a trainee pathologist. She told me every day they took a body of some little old lady who'd left her body to science out of the drawer it was stored in in formaldehyde (which is carcinogenic) cut a bit off, examined it, and put it back before putting the body away. She decided to change career path as she became fed up of coming home reeking of formalin every night, and went off to train as an accountant instead. So leaving your body to science basically helps train pathologists I guess. |
| arthur1815 | 22 Jul 2023 7:33 a.m. PST |
Since I won't be using it any more, the exact details of what might happen to my body if I donated it to medical science wouldn't concern me, as long as it was put to some use. In the UK there used to be a brand of cat food called Kattomeat that was advertised on television by a white shorthair cat called Arthur who scooped the food out of the opened tin with his paw to eat it. In 1992 the brand was renamed 'Arthurs' in his honour. I had hoped to donate my body to Spillers (the manufacturer) so the tins could carry the label 'Made with real Arthur' but that is not allowed and anyway the brand has been discontinued. Perhaps the best I can hope for is that my ashes can be used in a litter tray… |
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