The point is that no matter what you choose to do with your body when you die, it won't, ultimately, be very appealing. If you are inclined to donate yourself to science, you should not let images of dissection or dismemberment put you off. They are no more or less gruesome, in my opinion, than ordinary decay or the sewing shut of your jaws via your nostrils for a funeral viewing. Mary Roach
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When you die, your body will be donated to a medical school for dissection. The idea that the only way to get people to donate their bodies for research is to show them something very graphic is dubious at best. There are many other ways to communicate the necessity of donating your body for medical research.

Source: Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers

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