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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Gilly on 29/04/2004 09:47:17

Title: The Body Farm
Post by: Gilly on 29/04/2004 09:47:17

For anyone that is interested William Bass - the man behind the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee wrote a book recently called "Death's Acre".  It gives a fascinating insight into how the Body Farm came about and details some of the cases he has worked on.  It is also quite funny in places.  Be prepared for a bit of gore though - it is very descriptive.

Title: Re: The Body Farm
Post by: chris on 30/04/2004 02:58:10

What's the body farm ?

Chris

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Title: Re: The Body Farm
Post by: roberth on 30/04/2004 04:31:24

http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/10/31/body.farm/

I'm sure the body farm has it's own website, but this is a small insight into the activities carried on there.

Title: Re: The Body Farm
Post by: Donnah on 30/04/2004 20:59:07

What do they do to control the smell?  I wouldn't want to live downwind of this farm.

Title: Re: The Body Farm
Post by: neilep on 30/04/2004 22:09:12

I remember reading quite a detailed article about this in a magazine, with some very graphic photos too.I still have it somwhere, gonna dig it up (pun intended) and re-read.....incredible the types of research that go on eh ?

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