October 31, 2002

2:03 PM

"When my mom was a teenager, one of her most gratifying hobbies was sneaking into morgues to see dead bodies." Baltimore City Paper's Suz Redfearn takes us along on Georgetown University's Mini-Med School's trip to the dissection lab, for Human Anatomy: The Inside Story.
posted by mr_crash_davis (5 comments total)

Fascinating article. However, halfway through I started to question the bowl of tortellini I was slowly shoveling into my mouth.
posted by atom128 at 2:30 PM on October 31, 2002

Great story for Halloween. I think everybody should have the chance to see a dissected Human body, to see where the parts go and what they look like. That thing that you call your stomach on the outside? That is really your intestines-- your stomach is much higher up.

At any rate I think as owner/operators we should get to know our bodies better. If you see what fat looks like, blackened lungs, clogged arteries, it might make you question your habits.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 2:30 PM on October 31, 2002

Verily, SLoG! Meet you at the morgue at midnight!
posted by rushmc at 4:08 PM on October 31, 2002

While we're on the subject:
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posted by y2karl at 10:31 PM on October 31, 2002