Body of work : meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab / Christine Montross.

Meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab

New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-295).

Preface: mystery -- Bone box -- First cut -- Breath and blood -- Anatomical precedence -- Origins of a corpse -- In pursuit of wonder -- The bodies of strangers -- Toll -- The discomfort of doctoring -- An unsteady balance -- Pelvis -- Dismantled -- Epilogue: good-bye.