Case Study Notes : The Case Of The Headless Corpse

A Story About The Body is about a man who think he has fallen in love with an almost sixty-year-old woman. Both the younger man and the woman work at an artist’s colony during the summer. The woman was a Japanese painter, and the man was a composer. The woman’s art captivated the man, the way she moved her body and her hands. It states, “He loved her work, and her work was like the way she moved her body, used her hands, looked at him directly when she made amused and considered answers to his questions.” Then one night, after a concert, the woman abruptly says that she knows that the young man wants to “have her”, but she has to be honest with him and tell him that she has had a mastectomy on both breasts. Shocked, the man states that he cannot handle this and he walks away to his home. The very next morning, the man wakes up to find a blue bowl on the porch that looks like it is filled with rose petals, but when he looks deeper he find that is filled with dead bees which eggs on the audience to do a in depth analysis into what is truly meant by this.

After reading, The Embalming of Mr. Jones by Jessica Mitford, I was in shock about the whole process that happens hour after death. Previously, when I heard about embalming I thought they basically just cleaned the body up and dressed them up for the casket showing, but now that I know what actually happens I’m a little grossed out. The body shouldn’t be changed so much because you want to see them as you last remember not reconstructed due to the embalming. While the bodies are deceased, I can't help but wonder if they are feeling all of this happening. I feel bad for Mr. Jones and others who have been through the process. I can’t even imagine what it is like for the embalmer, and how they can go through with it.

On October 4, 2016 we started a body farm lab on still-birth pigs. We were to observe the decomposition of the piglets because they decompose at a similar rate as human bodies. The piglets we observed were a naked and clothed pig suspended in the air, a naked and clothed pig on asphalt, naked and clothed pig on grass, naked and clothed pig on grass in the dirt, naked pig with a gunshot wound, naked pig with a stab wound, and a naked pig that has been burnt. After observing we were to determine what piglets decomposed faster than the others, what succession of insects were on certain piglets, and many other observations.

The physical appearance preservation of the bog bodies is normally in prime condition. Because of this condition it means that scientists and archaeologists are able to study the features of the body and conclude things like the development of physical evolution from the ancient body to bodies of modern society. They can also obtain information on the cause of death of the body by seeing things like, for example, the Tollund man, who had a rope around his neck that concluded he had been hung to death. And by concluding causes of death, it can also be seen if the body was of sacrificial or a ritual demonstrating what burial practices were in place.

Lasting over six years, the Holocaust is frequently considered to be the largest annihilation of humans in history; yet, even during its climax, the western powers were practically unaware of the scope of genocide Hitler’s army was committing until after Germany lost the war. Although Robert Brown aptly described the Holocaust as “such depressing subject matter” (v), he furthers, “Those who hope for hope--after an eternity--are entitled to do so only if they have measured that which has the power to obscure hope, only if they have lived in the shadow of utter denial. The rest of us, who have not inhabited the innermost circle of hell, can never know what it was like to be there” (vi). Yet, there are

Mary Roach has written many other books about the afterlife and science, outer space, human sexuality and science, and human anatomy. In the book Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers Mary Roach explores what has happened to human cadavers from as far back as ancient Egypt. Mary Roach’s introduction is persuasive in nature, Roach is inclined to do something useful with corpses, “Why lie around on your back when you can do something interesting and new, something useful” (Roach, 9). She perceives that donating your body to science is much more helpful than a regular burial or cremation, “To me, ending up an exhibit in the Mutter Museum or a skeleton in a medical school

If you are responsible for planning your loved one's funeral, and you plan on having pallbearers, here are a few things to keep in mind when choosing pallbearers.

A sociological theory that seeks to explain some of the behavior of the Day of the Dead culture is symbolic interactionism which, as analyzed by Ashley Crossman Ph.D. at thoughtco.com, “relies on the symbolic meaning that people develop and rely upon in the process of social interaction”. She also quotes, “symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing the subject meanings that people impose on objects, events, and behaviors” (Crossman). Sociology analyzes the meaning that people draw from their experiences. Similarly, high meaning is placed on events that are supposedly symbolic in one’s life. With regards to the actions taken to celebrate the Day of the Dead, every step is symbolic and is sought to provide meaning to one’s life.

I chose the novel Sitff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach for my summer reading. I chose this book, not because of it's title but because the author's last name was Roach. I'm not going to lie. Why did I continue to read even though I knew what it was about? I love history and I love the parallels between past times and modern times. With that being said, Roach's novel related historical events to the experiences she wrote. For example, she associated the attachment between student and cadaver with the story of Herophilus, the first "physician".

For the day of the dead research paper I chose Mexico because it's one of the most common Spanish speaking countries that celebrate the day of the dead. In this region the day of the dead usually starts on November 1st, and ends on November 2nd. It is celebrated with various festivities, honoring the dead. We watched a video in class recently, showing that people honor the dead with partying, and offerings.

The theory that best describes the case: Back From the Dead is Deontology. That theory of Deontology is "the study of duty." The theory of Deontology states that the situation that one may find themselves in does not matter for the use of reasoning. Deontology deals with command imperatives. That is using the word ought to make a claim. Deontology is about a person's duty as a professional to fulfill their obligation to their clients and themselves.

Yet this is not often, what researchers find when looking at various cultural funerary places. For instance, in the burial sites of the Mayan, Late Classical period at Xuenkal, and Yucata´ n in Mexico, their location was compromised due to the region's climate. In this area there are many sinkholes, the soil has high moisture content, and construction of homes added to the loss of integrity to the sites (Tiesler, et al., 2010:366). Researchers at this location had to decide which bodies belong to what burial (Tiesler, et al., 2010:368). In order to determine if initial findings were correct, lab analysis was conducted, to reexamine these remains (Tiesler, et al., 2010:369). After studying the sites, researchers determined that cranial

In “Disposal of the Dead”, Kroeber arranges a cross cultural comparison of different cultures, and by doing so Kroeber aims to understand why cultures take on a variety of strategies in the treatment of the deceased. As a result of Kroeber’s research among the aborigines of California and incorporating information from other cultures, Kroeber found that cultures varied within themselves and other surrounding cultures in regards to their burial procedures. Therefore, Kroeber concludes that there is a lack of consistency in the different burial methods among cultures that should process similarities. As a result, Kroeber compares the disposing of the dead among these cultures as economical and material entities like matters of fashion. However,

The practical aims to establish a minimum number of individuals at the crime scene, a biological profile for each victim and the possible cause of death to these victims. In order to achieve this a number of anthropometric procedures must take place. Firstly, an examination of which bones were present and their anatomical position using a Skeletal Recording Form. Following the examination, a detailed written description of each bone was produced. A broad range of

Lee Berger concludes that the Homo naledi bodies were deliberately placed there, by other Homo naledi, but only because all other explanations were discarded as improbable. Other researchers have subsequently weighed in on these questions and this paper will focus on those opinions.