On or about: 01-11-08  00:20, Allen Prunty did engage James Bradley
regarding, but not limited to: do they really help ?

 AP> Re: do they really help ?
 AP> By: James Bradley to Cindy Haglund on Wed Jan 09 2008 08:02 pm
 
 > The only cadaver that continues to benefit research 
 > AFAIK, is the convicted 
 > murderer condemned to lethal injection. He signed his 
 > body to science, where
 > they froze him, and sliced his remains into cross 
 > sections. This continues t
 > trump the resolution of even a CT scan. Besides teaching 
 > anatomy to students
 > bodies may be used to calibrate "crash test dummies".

 AP> I have worked in forensics for years and can think of many cadavers
 AP> that have radically changed the rules of crimescene investigations.

 AP> Have you ever ready about a place in Nashville called "the
body farm"?

I have only seen a documentary program about it, and yes, that is one use I
forgot about.

 AP> This place takes cadavers that were donated to science... and places
 AP> them in real crime scene situtations ... studying how the body
 AP> decomposes.  I've been there and it's absolutely fascinating... and I
 AP> can honestly say that this kind of research has solved a lot of crimes.

And a reason alone, that I would consider donation. Maybe not as glamourous
a conclusion a citizen might imagine, but my... What an outcome! Me, as I
elevated my weight past 175 lbs 5 years ago, precludes me from the program.
Posing a question: Wouldn't they need data on overweight decomp?

 AP> There are many ways bodies are used in the pursuit of science... it's
 AP> not always just medical.

It must kinda get your goat then, with all the CSI 'this', and CSI 'that'?
If a guy with a pedestrian knowledge of the science can spot holes in the
processes, I would imagine the programs are unwatchable to someone
in-the-know.



... James

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