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Good & Evil Junior Member

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:09 am Post subject: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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is the smell.
I'm taking a Human Anatomy class with requisite lab. During lab, our teacher opend up the metal casket where the partially dissected cadaver lay and left it open during class so that we would get used to it.
I've seen dead bodies before, mainly at funerals, and they always seem to me like a husk, an empty shell. The skin gets a very waxy appearance which helps not associate the body with the living but it was surreal to also see this person's knee and shin cut open and be able to readily recognize that on someone that was alive.
Overall it didn't bother me much, except for the smell. The preservative smelled like very potent mothballs and after 5-6 minutes it was giving most of us a headache. Luckyly, the cadaver casket is stored in the back of the class and I sit more to the front so I don't have to smell it for more than a minute or two. _________________ Theory without practice is blind,
Practice without theory is futile.
I'm the dog who saw a rainbow
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Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 8014 Location: El Paso, Tx
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Good & Evil wrote: | is the smell.
I'm taking a Human Anatomy class with requisite lab. During lab, our teacher opend up the metal casket where the partially dissected cadaver lay and left it open during class so that we would get used to it.
I've seen dead bodies before, mainly at funerals, and they always seem to me like a husk, an empty shell. The skin gets a very waxy appearance which helps not associate the body with the living but it was surreal to also see this person's knee and shin cut open and be able to readily recognize that on someone that was alive.
Overall it didn't bother me much, except for the smell. The preservative smelled like very potent mothballs and after 5-6 minutes it was giving most of us a headache. Luckyly, the cadaver casket is stored in the back of the class and I sit more to the front so I don't have to smell it for more than a minute or two. |
ah...goodtimes
I remember my first human dissection...a guy passed out...and two girls puked...it was great
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Captain Peroxide Enthusiast

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Is this pre-med type stuff, or will this hopefully be your final contact with dead bodies? _________________
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Deftoons Veteran

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:12 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Finding an untraceable place to dispose of them is a pain in the ass too.
Not a lot of swamps around here in Wisconsin, but thankfully there's plenty of lakes.
..........oh, uh.... ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man! _________________ Brian Defferding
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Miken Ayers Veteran

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:14 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Call me the dead body maaaaaan! _________________ Miken Ayers
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AgentDesmond Machine

Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 16070 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:14 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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yup. The smell is horrid. _________________ http://gravityspike.blogspot.com
Quote: | last time i saw a biohaz wastebin this full was ..well.. i never have. i think im gonna get syph just from looking at it. |
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Good & Evil Junior Member

Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 305 Location: I'll get there as soon as I get enough momentum.
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:18 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Captain Peroxide wrote: | Is this pre-med type stuff, or will this hopefully be your final contact with dead bodies? |
Prereq for MS degree in Human Physiology. From my course list, it looks like the only one they will give me academic credit for messing with the dead. _________________ Theory without practice is blind,
Practice without theory is futile.
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Ritter Junior Member

Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 246 Location: on the floor
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:18 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Deftoons wrote: | Finding an untraceable place to dispose of them is a pain in the ass too.
Not a lot of swamps around here in Wisconsin, but thankfully there's plenty of lakes.
..........oh, uh.... ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man! |
You would think it would be easy here in NJ.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttt nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo
Everyone else has already got all the good spots taken _________________ http://damnritt0r.blogspot.com/
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bartleby Veteran

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:24 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Quote: | The worst thing about working with a dead body |
...is hiding your erection. _________________
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Deftoons Veteran

Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 3311 Location: Appleton, WI
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:25 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Ritter wrote: | Deftoons wrote: | Finding an untraceable place to dispose of them is a pain in the ass too.
Not a lot of swamps around here in Wisconsin, but thankfully there's plenty of lakes.
..........oh, uh.... ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man! |
You would think it would be easy here in NJ.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttt nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo
Everyone else has already got all the good spots taken |
I can only imagine how crammed NJ is; the mob probably charges a fee to use some of their spots. _________________ Brian Defferding
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The Bat Phone Senior Member

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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:33 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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in 10th grade bio i would scare chicks with the beef heart in my hands, good times. _________________
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Ritter Junior Member

Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 246 Location: on the floor
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:36 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Deftoons wrote: | Ritter wrote: | Deftoons wrote: | Finding an untraceable place to dispose of them is a pain in the ass too.
Not a lot of swamps around here in Wisconsin, but thankfully there's plenty of lakes.
..........oh, uh.... ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man! |
You would think it would be easy here in NJ.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttt nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo
Everyone else has already got all the good spots taken |
I can only imagine how crammed NJ is; the mob probably charges a fee to use some of their spots. |
Yeah and guess what happens when your late with a payment.
Fucking service charge.
Damn Mob. _________________ http://damnritt0r.blogspot.com/
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Deftoons Veteran

Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 3311 Location: Appleton, WI
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 4:41 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Ritter wrote: | Deftoons wrote: | Ritter wrote: | Deftoons wrote: | Finding an untraceable place to dispose of them is a pain in the ass too.
Not a lot of swamps around here in Wisconsin, but thankfully there's plenty of lakes.
..........oh, uh.... ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man! |
You would think it would be easy here in NJ.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttt nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo
Everyone else has already got all the good spots taken |
I can only imagine how crammed NJ is; the mob probably charges a fee to use some of their spots. |
Yeah and guess what happens when your late with a payment.
Fucking service charge.
Damn Mob. |
I'm glad that so far I haven't run into that problem yet in the land of cheese, I have PLENTY of space to dispose as many bodies as I wa...........errrr, what was this thread about?..... ........OH YES the smell, the SMELL! That sucks about your dissection class  _________________ Brian Defferding
Creator of Deftoons! Cartooning and Comics
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Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 7892 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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tell me about it
on a completely unrelated topic I need to clean up this house it really is starting to smell
...like flowers
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MACK! Senior Member
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Posted: Jan 19, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body |
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Good & Evil wrote: | is the smell.
I'm taking a Human Anatomy class with requisite lab. During lab, our teacher opend up the metal casket where the partially dissected cadaver lay and left it open during class so that we would get used to it.
I've seen dead bodies before, mainly at funerals, and they always seem to me like a husk, an empty shell. The skin gets a very waxy appearance which helps not associate the body with the living but it was surreal to also see this person's knee and shin cut open and be able to readily recognize that on someone that was alive.
Overall it didn't bother me much, except for the smell. The preservative smelled like very potent mothballs and after 5-6 minutes it was giving most of us a headache. Luckyly, the cadaver casket is stored in the back of the class and I sit more to the front so I don't have to smell it for more than a minute or two. |
I had that class too.
Anatomy and Physiology. We disected a man and a woman.
And that chemical smell permeated that entire floor of the Science building.
I don't like that chemical smell at all. |
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