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The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors by Valentine, Carla

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“Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ...
Binding
Hardcover
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
1250120683
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Publication Name
Chick and the Dead : Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
Item Length
8.6 in
Publisher
ST. Martin's Press
Subject
Forensic Medicine, Medical
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Carla Valentine
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of the world's most famous pathology museum. When it comes to death, she truly is an expert, and in this book she shares that expertise. Using the most common post-mortem process as the backbone of the narrative, The Chick and the Dead takes the reader through the process of an autopsy while also describing the history and changing cultures of our relationship with the dead. The book is full of vivid insight into what happens to our bodies in the end. Each chapter considers an aspect of an autopsy alongside an aspect of Carla's own life and work and touches on some of the more controversial aspects of our feelings towards death, including the relationship between sex and death and our attitudes toward human tissue collection. Starting with the first cut, we move from external examination into the body itself, discovering more about the heart, stomach and brain, and into dismembered and reconstructed bodies, at each stage taking a colorful detour into the question of what these things can teach us about the living. Join Carla on the journey from microscope-requesting nine-year-old to pathology educator and death engager at a Victorian museum (a journey made via around 5,000 autopsies) as she tells the story of exactly what it's like to live a life immersed in death.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
ST. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250120683
ISBN-13
9781250120687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227842858

Product Key Features

Author
Carla Valentine
Publication Name
Chick and the Dead : Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Forensic Medicine, Medical
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.6 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2017-004248
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ra1063.4.V35 2017
Copyright Date
2017

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