The Slow, Troubling Death of the Autopsy
Why you should get an autopsy if it’s the last thing you do
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29 min readSep 22, 2020
Disclaimer: The images in this story may be disturbing for some people.
For most people, the mere word “autopsy” summons up visceral images. Bodies lying cold and blue in a lab, a Y-shaped incision on their naked chest. Sardonic doctors hovering over them with medieval…
