Visit to the SQ’s autopsy lab
24Hrs went to visit the SQ’s autopsy lab where bodies are examined to figure out whether people died naturally or were victims of accidents or homicide. Slightly odd photo with the team of five people all smiling happily over a dissection table. Don’t read this while you’re eating.
Ian 19:24 on 2024-05-22 Permalink
I’m sure you get used to it, and really they look like any other medical team that likes their job.
I used to work at a slaughterhouse and still ate baloney sandwiches on my break.
Major Annoyance 23:44 on 2024-05-22 Permalink
Fascinating. They’re a busy bunch apparently, the coroners.
https://www.coroner.gouv.qc.ca/en.html
It must take a special kind of person to study all that medicine, only to deal exclusively with the dead.
Ephraim 15:06 on 2024-05-23 Permalink
But you can write books to supplement your income (at least if you are forensic anthropologist)… or maybe have them make it into a TV show. Then again, I think she’s like 75 now… maybe we hired a new one?
Ian 15:27 on 2024-05-24 Permalink
Putting the “ew gross” in gross anatomy 😀
I was seriously considering forensic dentistry for a while, but I’m probably happier doing what I do now.