Open the Dead Body

Mmmm yummy
 
This is a gorgeous photograph! Maybe it's not even a photo. Maybe it's a hyper-realistic painting. Either way, is it common for pathologists to work in such a state of undress? I give the facility a top score for cleanliness, but they need to reconsider their dress code.
 
One book I have about the death house in New York State, talks of the autopsy just 9 minutes after execution in electric chair - describes the right leg muscles pulling, the brain the colour of boiled meat, etc. I often imagine an execution, knowing my body was going to be opened within minutes.
 
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