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> Why not dismember the body? Why not use them for crash tests or other cadaver-driven science? Oh HN. Medical schools aren't just some kind of cadaver multip

> Why not dismember the body? Why not use them for crash tests or other cadaver-driven science? Oh HN. Medical schools aren't just some kind of cadaver multiplexer, farming them out to other industries that want one for "crash tests". If you want your body to be used for "crash tests", say so, and then hope your body meets the requirements of that industry.

nostromo 4y ago
Shockingly, that has recently been found to be true in some cases. “Arizona man finds out mother’s body donated to science was sold to be used in IED blast test” https://www.newsweek.com/donated-body-sold-army-brc-arizona-1451846 https://www.newsweek.com/donated-body-sold-army-brc-arizona-... "Dismembered limbs sewn together like 'Frankenstein' at body-parts donation center, FBI found" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-sewn-together-frankenstein-donation-center-fbi-found-n1035131 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-... Here's a comprehensive overview of the problem from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodybrokers-industry/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-body...
- blairbeckwith 4y ago
  This is now my dying wish.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  Cue Adam Savage saying "for science!" But I dunno, it could save some soldiers' lives. It's only outrageous until you think it through.
  - msrenee 4y ago
    >Jim Stauffer signed a form authorizing medical research on his mother’s body. He also checked a box prohibiting military, traffic-safety and other non-medical experiments. That's where it crosses the line between unfortunate and immoral.
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- msrenee 4y ago
  This wasn't a medical school.
fny 4y ago
You might not be aware, but lots of people who donate their bodies for science don't have their bodies end up as cadavers for dissection or even traditional medical research. Donation for science is a broad category which includes everything from crash tests to bombs. Source: I have a friend who runs crash tests,*, but I'll give you a link I Googled anyway. https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/strange-but-true-donated-bodies-used-for-crash-tests/ https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/strange-but-true-donated-bo... *Fun but morbid fact: they have a lot of trouble procuring dead babies.
- mym1990 4y ago
  Saw a random tiktok the other day that a donated body was used in some kind of aerial crash test, much to the surprise and dismay of the family.
- tsol 4y ago
  >*Fun but morbid fact: they have a lot of trouble procuring dead babies. Oh well.. that's good... kinda.

nostromo 4y ago

Shockingly, that has recently been found to be true in some cases. “Arizona man finds out mother’s body donated to science was sold to be used in IED blast test” https://www.newsweek.com/donated-body-sold-army-brc-arizona-1451846 https://www.newsweek.com/donated-body-sold-army-brc-arizona-... "Dismembered limbs sewn together like 'Frankenstein' at body-parts donation center, FBI found" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-sewn-together-frankenstein-donation-center-fbi-found-n1035131 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-... Here's a comprehensive overview of the problem from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodybrokers-industry/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-body...

blairbeckwith 4y ago
This is now my dying wish.
dehrmann 4y ago
Cue Adam Savage saying "for science!" But I dunno, it could save some soldiers' lives. It's only outrageous until you think it through.
- msrenee 4y ago
  >Jim Stauffer signed a form authorizing medical research on his mother’s body. He also checked a box prohibiting military, traffic-safety and other non-medical experiments. That's where it crosses the line between unfortunate and immoral.
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msrenee 4y ago
This wasn't a medical school.

fny 4y ago

You might not be aware, but lots of people who donate their bodies for science don't have their bodies end up as cadavers for dissection or even traditional medical research. Donation for science is a broad category which includes everything from crash tests to bombs. Source: I have a friend who runs crash tests,*, but I'll give you a link I Googled anyway. https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/strange-but-true-donated-bodies-used-for-crash-tests/ https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/strange-but-true-donated-bo... *Fun but morbid fact: they have a lot of trouble procuring dead babies.

mym1990 4y ago
Saw a random tiktok the other day that a donated body was used in some kind of aerial crash test, much to the surprise and dismay of the family.
tsol 4y ago
>*Fun but morbid fact: they have a lot of trouble procuring dead babies. Oh well.. that's good... kinda.