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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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Dead Bodies.When I was thirteen I was living with cousins and I worked with their lunatic mortuarist mother in rural France. She walked about the house in revealing clothes, she never wore a bra, she encouraged me to take showers with her to conserve water and electricity and regularly encouraged me to acquaint myself with the female cadavers she serviced. She also liked to decorate the dead and she may have once fried a bishop's arse but I won't go into that now.
So, ye medical students, rescue workers or otherwise lucky people, what have your experiences been like with the deceased?
P.S. Can we got some halloweeny qotw suggestions going?
(, Sat 2 Oct 2010, 18:15, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
Dead Bodies...are really not that interesting. Having seen my fair share (I'm an NHS slave), the most interesting one I've seen was one from the tube line. The head, arms & legs were disembodied, but all I could compare the whole to was a waxwork.
The saddest dead bodies I've seen (outwith family/friends) are the people I've spent a while looking after, thus getting to know them & their family. Everyone of them broke my heart.
At that stage, the family are the people to be looked after the most. However, dignity is the last thing you can give to the dead, & I try my best to give that.
(, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 1:23, Reply)
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