Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Probably the most complete recent book on the physical and cultural aspects of death. Covers everything from embalming, cremation, cryogenics, autopsies, organ donation, anatomical dissection, burials, funerals, decay, cannibalism, body snatching, use of corpses in secret rituals and religious ceremonies. This book sheds light on a subject that our society conveniently buries--literally and figuratively. As the author argues, the topic of death is treated with even more circumspection than pornography.

New York magazine editorial group
This book is too icky for the reading public.

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies,Kenneth V. Iserson,Galen Press,1883620074,Cremation,Death,Death (Biology),Death And Dying (Sociological Aspects),Medical / Nursing,Mortuary Science,Reference,Science/Mathematics

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