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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:09 am    Post subject: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:11 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:11 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

Is this pre-med type stuff, or will this hopefully be your final contact with dead bodies?
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:12 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.... Scared ........and that smell! I tell ya, that smell man!
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

Call me the dead body maaaaaan!
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

yup. The smell is horrid.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:18 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:18 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.... Scared ........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
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:24 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:25 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.... Scared ........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


Very Happy I can only imagine how crammed NJ is; the mob probably charges a fee to use some of their spots.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:33 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

in 10th grade bio i would scare chicks with the beef heart in my hands, good times.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:36 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.... Scared ........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


Very Happy 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.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 4:41 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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.... Scared ........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


Very Happy 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?..... Scared ........OH YES the smell, the SMELL! That sucks about your dissection class Razz
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 5:14 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

tell me about it

on a completely unrelated topic I need to clean up this house it really is starting to smell


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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2005 5:16 am    Post subject: Re: The worst thing about working with a dead body Reply with quote

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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