The Strange Life of Zombies

Author: Mary [USA]
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Both peculiar and interesting, both sharp and meticulous, Mary Roach's Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers is a masterpiece that reveals how we treat the dead. The book is filled with compelling research and carefully selected anecdotes, written in a lively and fresh style. It is about the remarkable achievements made after death, when the deeds of the living are long forgotten, but their contributions continue to speak through the pages of books and academic journals, testifying to their immortality.
I have a calendar hanging on the wall in my room, from the Mutter Museum within the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The image for August shows a piece of human skin, marked with obvious arrows and cuts. It was an experimental specimen used by surgeons to test whether longitudinal or transverse incisions heal better. For me, becoming an exhibit in the Mutter Museum or a human skeleton in a medical school classroom after death would be a wonderful choice, offering a sense of immortality and eternal life, much like leaving a bequest to add a park bench to a park in your will.
This book will tell you about the tiny footprints we humans continue to leave in history after death, sometimes so strange and astonishing, but always sparking your strong interest.