The chick and the dead
Subtitle: life and death behind mortuary doors
By: Carla Valentine
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781250120687
Subjects: Pathologists; Case studies; Autopsy; Forensic pathology; Biography
Description: "Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of the world's most famous pathology museum. When it comes to death, she truly is an expert, and in this book she shares that expertise. Using the most common post-mortem process as the backbone of the narrative, The Chick and the Dead takes the reader through the process of an autopsy while also describing the history and changing cultures of our relationship with the dead."--
Notes: "First published in Great Britain under the title Past Mortems"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The first cut; title: Information : 'Media most foul'; title: Preparation : 'Grief encounters'; title: Examination : 'Judging a book by its cover'; title: Difficult and decomposed examinations : 'Pulp fiction'; title: Penetration : 'Rose cottage'; title: Thoracic block : 'Home isn't where the heart is'; title: Abdominal block : 'Pickled punks'; title: The head : 'Losing my head'; title: Fragmented remains : 'Bitsa'; title: Reconstruction : 'All the king's men'; title: Chapel of rest : 'Sister act'; title: The angel's share.