Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

University of California, San Francisco - This place houses a medical center as a facility that uses cadavers in medical training.

Gross Anatomy Lab - This place is where young premedical students learn human anatomy by dissecting human cadavers.

Intaglio Nameplate - These things were given as gag gifts to friends.

The Cadaver of Mary Patterson - This person was preserved in a clear glass vat of alcohol.

University of Tennessee Medical Center - This place plays host to the only field study of human decomposition in the world.

Eye Cap - This...
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