03 January 2010

Stiff By Mary Roach ((Chunk 2))

In these following chapters Roach gives light to the other purposes of cadavers. Aside from cosmetic practices, they have been used for the purpose of knowing, knowing the cause of devastating plane crashes and the knowing of why things occur as they do. The intricate lives of cadavers never ceases to be a fascinating one.  The bodies of cadavers, explained by Roach, plays a necessary role in expanding knowledge and discovering answers. They give way to new approaches that affords the luxuries of the living. Roach goes on to cite various professionals on their line of work, particularly a one Mr. Shanahan. The injury analyst helped give explanation to how tragedies happens when there isn't enough sunken wreckage forcing people such as Shanahan to look for human wreckage to paint the picture of what happened and why. Though the ever useful purposes of cadavers never ends, their lives or lack there of was once the muse of overly devoted anatomists whom often produced incorrect information.

Application  : Should there be boundaries to what a cadavers body can be used for ?

Style : How does Roach's blunt but at times self conscious nature create the stage for the topics at hand ? 

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