Do they dispose of the remains by cremation?
What happens to the bodies after the experiments or tests have been consummated?
2006-10-09 05:46:20 · 57 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
i just wanted to say thank you for asking the question. I am "one of those" who has choosen to "donate my body to science". I just assumed they would keep it. Now I know better, and can make the arrangements needed for the "after they're done" part.
2006-10-10 07:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by LMAO! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Put to rest!
I go with the cremation. Probably best and easiest way to dispose of the remains after science and new doctors and nurses have been trained on the human body.
2006-10-10 04:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Mary Roach in her book "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers", if they are "parted out" the remains of the individual parts are cremated. If the body is left whole it may be cremated or buried.
In the gross anatomy lab of a university she visited, they had simple but respectful funerals for their donors when they were done studying them.
Of course if military experiments are done on them, there may not be anything really left, so I imagine the parts would be treated as medical waste. And in some cases the necessary parts are removed and then the rest of the body is buried in the family plot.
~Morg~
2006-10-09 17:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by morgorond 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, the bodies that we used back in South Africa are first used as cadavers for medical and health professionals to dissect. Once that is done then the bits that have been dissected carefully are then cut into bits and used for years to come as specimens in what we call a viva (its a practical exam). So they will have just an arm which they have dissected out everything so the muscles, nerevs etc are exposed. This is done with various parts of the body. These bits are kept until they can no longer be used. They would then be incinerated/cremated.
Its done with great respect though. When we were dissecting our cadavers, every single piece of skin and other bits had to be put into a bucket that was for that body and that was all kept together and buried/cremated together as requested by the person when they were alive.
2006-10-09 07:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by Inky Pinky Ponky 3 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Yes after they use the 60 parts of the body that are available if your wishes are to be cremated that is what will happen.
I too have decided to donate my remains. Think of the people that you are helping, sight, skin etc.
After all do we really care what happens to the body once we are dead? It is the soul that really matters.
2006-10-10 09:02:24 · answer #5 · answered by shamsky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They contact the family and ask if they would like to have the remains back. The family can say yes or no. If no, they dispose of them either by cremation, or mass grave.
2006-10-09 21:01:55 · answer #6 · answered by Thursdays 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After they are finished with the research, they cremate the body and if the family wants the remains back, they are sent to the family, otherwise they generally bury the cremated remains in a common grave. The hospital or institution that had the body usually has some type of memorial service honoring those who gave their bodies to science. Also after teh body is sent away, the family may have a service for them. Hope this helps, take care!
2006-10-09 06:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by Reagan 6 · 18⤊ 1⤋
As one who is donating his body to science, per a family tradition, I think I can answer this with some level of veracity ... at least per what will happen in the USA.
Basically you can, in your will, specify scope and parameters of what you want done with your body.
I have basically said that I only have one specific wish. I want my skeleton to be preserved for use! Yes, a kind of a morbid "joke" from the "grave" so to speak.
Genuine skeletons are now hard to come by. However, in the past they got them from the East ... India, in particular. India does not permit this anymore ... and as far as I know haven't permitted this for over 100 years.
I am from that neck of the woods. So I feel the least I can do is help out.
I joke with my kids that at least if my skeleton is preserved at a doctor's office they can come and shake my hand.
Hope I did not offend anybody.
All the best.
2006-10-10 05:43:37 · answer #8 · answered by rigelbright 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have great respect for these types of donors as they greatly help science. What happens to the remains... It depends on the donors wishes.
I know of one lady who stipulated in her will that she was to be turned over to the local Cancer hospital here in NY (name withheld for privacy concerns). She had a regular religious funeral and then was turned over to the hospital. When the hospital was done with her body, the family arranged for the funeral director pick up the body for delivery to the cemetary.
In those cases, where there are no arrangements after scientific purposes, the hospital either has burial or cremation arrangements.
2006-10-09 07:30:35 · answer #9 · answered by johnnylakis 4 · 8⤊ 0⤋
They ask the family what they want to do with the body. Usually it is cut up and parts are missing,so cremation is done.
2006-10-10 07:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by grouchyeve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most parts of the body will be cut opened at the end, the body will be disposed by any means - cremation or buried.
2006-10-10 02:03:21 · answer #11 · answered by joe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋