From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
Part I. Death and its causes
Suicide, euthanasia, homicide
Part II. What happens to corpses?
Unusual methods of disposal
Embalming and mummification
Freezing and other methods of preservation
Part III. The use and abuse of corpses
The body and the laboratory : dissection
Using parts of the body : transplantation
Identifying bodies and parts of bodies
Part IV. Death and afterlife
Death and the corpse : the emotional impact
The afterlife and the future of corpse disposal.