Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers Chapter 2

Which school listed in the book holds memorial services for willed bodies?

• Harvard University
• Stanford University
• Yale University
• UCSF

In 300 B.C., which king deemed cutting the dead for medical purposes to be okay?

• King George III
• King Ptolemy

• King Henry VIII
• King Charles I

Who was the first physician to dissect human bodies?

• Galileo Galilei
• Isaac Newton
• Herophilus

• Leonardo da Vinci

What did the Anatomy Act in 1836 state?

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

• The Anatomy Act in 1836 required all medical schools to provide their own cadavers for research and education.
• The Anatomy Act in 1836 prohibited the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research and education.
• The Anatomy Act in 1836 allowed unclaimed bodies to be used for burial in public cemeteries.

True/False

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

• True
• Partially true
• Not sure
• False

William Harvey discovered the _______ system.

• respiratory
• circulatory
• digestive
• nervous

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

• $1000

• $100

• $500

• $200

True/False

Hippocrates dissected human cadavers.

• False
• Unknown
• Partially true
• True