X-Message-Number: 4942 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 21:36:41 -0700 From: "Kevin Q. Brown" <> Subject: Book: Death to Dust "This book is too icky for the reading public" (New York Editorial Group) How can anyone resist a book with a recommendation like that? Well, so far I've been too cheap to cough up the $29.95 required to obtain a copy, so I'm asking the folks on CryoNet what, if anything, they know about it. The full title and author are: Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies Kenneth V. Iserson, M.D. It even talks about cryonics, according to the ad I saw in Science News: "What _does_ happen to a body after death? How does a body turn to dust? How can a corpse best be preserved? What happens in embalming and why is most of the world amazed, if not disgusted by it? You will learn about cremation, cryonic preservation, autopsies, organ donation, anatomical dissections, and the many other after-death activities that go on within our living world, including the secretive world of the funeral industry. You'll also get a fascinating history on the bizarre uses for dead bodies, such as in cannibalism, necrophilia, secret rites, research, religious ceremonies, and more!" Frankly, I didn't know that the funeral industry is so "secretive" or that research is one of the "bizarre uses for dead bodies." But that just means that some of my best friends are "bizarre" and I guess that's fine with me. Kevin Q. Brown Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4942