Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach was quite interesting. I had never really thought before about what it truly entails when you donate your body to science. Organ donation is always the first thing people think of, I think. There is so much more to consider. Cadavers can be used for people learning to become a doctor to practice surgeries on. They can be used to improve safety in vehicles. They can even be "plasticized" and used in science classes to help budding scientists and doctors learn about the human body in a classroom setting. Some of them have even been used to try to confirm the Shroud of Turin. I definitely found this book quite fascinating. If you are ok with the morbid topic and find yourself interested in the topic in even the slightest amount, then I recommend this book. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
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