Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
- ISBN-10
- 1594201250
- ISBN-13
- 9781594201257
- Series
- Body of Work
- Category
- Anatomical laboratories
- Pages
- 316
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Christine Montross
Description
A first-year medical student describes an anatomy class during which she studied the donated body of a cadaver dubbed "Eve," an experience that profoundly influenced her subsequent studies and understanding of the human form.
