facts about cadavers

According to the orange county register in the 1800's, cadavers were illegal in England, so scientists were known to sneak the bodies of family members into labs for research. Cadavers have also been used by the U.S. Army since the 1850's to test various weapons and how they impact the human body. About 20,000 US bodies are donated to science every year. At the University of California, students are required to hold a memorial service for the cadavers they operated on during a semester of anatomy. Cadavers have flown in space to test whether humans could survive in outer space and endured car crashes. Cadavers have been used as crash-test dummies to make a case for mandatory seat belts. The research is estimated to save 8,500 lives a year. The cadavers been crucified to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. Cadavers tested France's first guillotine, which was the "humane" alternative to hanging. Plastic surgery students perform face lifts and nose jobs on human cadaver heads.