Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers Chapter 2

Front

Which school listed in the book holds memorial services for willed bodies? Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, UCSF

Back

UCSF

Front

In 300 B.C., which king deemed cutting the dead for medical purposes to be okay? Options: King George III, King Ptolemy, King Henry VIII, King Charles I

Back

King Ptolemy

Front

Who was the first physician to dissect human bodies?

Back

Herophilus

Front

What did the Anatomy Act in 1836 state?

Back

The Anatomy Act in 1836 stated that only cadavers legally available were those of executed murderers.

Front

In 1752, dissection as a sentencing option for murderers was mandated as an alternative to postmortem gibbeting. True/False

Back

True

Front

William Harvey discovered the _______ system.

Back

circulatory

Front

In the 1820s, how much could one make in a year as a body snatcher?

Back

$1000

Front

True/False: Hippocrates dissected human cadavers.

Back

False