# Just got done trying to salvage a cadaver....What's for dinner?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933 "2000-09-28T22:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stylus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/1 "2000-09-28T22:28:08Z")
I’ve got a moldy cadaver!! Oh yeah, I work in an anatomy lab and a micro lab. Anyway, didn’t want you to think I just have moldy cadavers laying around the house or something. The cadaver wasn’t preserved well and started to become moldy after only a few days after being placed on the “lab floor”. So I had to quickly replace the moldy cadaver with a suitable substitute, before the students started bitching about not having their own cadaver. Now I’m trying to salvage the moldy cadaver by injecting it with formaldehyde. Getting under the skin with a 7", 14 gauge needle can be kind of cool…until you accidentally pierce the skin and squirt formaldehyde all over the place. Now that I’m finished with alll the injections, next week I’m going to place the cadaver into a plastic bag, throw some more formaldehyde in there, and let him rest for a few months. By next year, he should be ready to go! I’ll spare you all the description, unless you want one. Just think of some really moldy stuff from the fridge (slime included) and you’re getting warm. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/2 "2000-09-28T22:31:10Z")
:eek: 😛 :eek" Not to quote Silent Bob or anything… Wow, THANKS for sharing that! Have you met Turpentine? I’m sure the two of you can bond over techniques. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/3 "2000-09-28T22:36:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stylus \* > …I’m going to place the cadaver into a plastic bag, throw some more formaldehyde in there, and let him rest for a few months. By next year, he should be ready to go! Ready to go where?! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/4 "2000-09-28T22:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by magdalene \* > \*\*:eek: 😛 :eek" > > Not to quote Silent Bob or anything… > \*\* Successfully anyway! 😃 and… EWWWWWW!!! and… FORMALDEHYDED CADAVERS IS PEOPLE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Stylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stylus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/5 "2000-09-28T22:42:36Z")
Robot–ready to go be dissected of course. ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/6 "2000-09-28T23:02:09Z")
And I should be ready to go in just a couple of hours… does that count?? 😛 O * * * vidi vici veni! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/7 "2000-09-28T23:24:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Getting under the skin with a 7", 14 gauge needle can be kind of cool… You wouldn’t happen to have an extra one of those, would you? And a really big syringe? I’m making a no-budget short film (or at least collecting props for it – I’ll make the film after I move). I’d prefer unused, but I’ll take what I can get! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/8 "2000-09-29T00:15:03Z")
You should meet my wife. You’d hit it off. “In surgery there was this guy laying there with his abdomen open and his guts all over the place and all I could think was ‘I wonder if they’re having lasagna in the cafeteria today?’” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/9 "2000-09-29T00:43:11Z")
Damn. All of a sudden I’m not nearly as excited about isolating a species of _Enterobacter_ from my own stool sample. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/10 "2000-09-29T00:53:42Z")
That’s it. I’m _not_ donating my body to science. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/11 "2000-09-29T01:21:43Z")
ahem … :eek: 😛 :eek: :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/12 "2000-09-29T02:17:35Z")
😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stylus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/13 "2000-09-29T21:17:34Z")
I’m not too sure what his name is but… I was trying to get some formaldehyde, under his skin, on his face. I pushed the needle from his lower jaw up around his nose, and I then I depressed the plunger. The formaldehyde started to expand under his skin and made his half opened eye start to close. It was pretty freaky! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/14 "2000-09-29T21:20:18Z")
Well, I’m sure the dead guy was grateful for all that you did for him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/15 "2000-09-29T21:26:53Z")
> [@](#): > > You wouldn’t happen to have an extra one of those, would you? And a really big syringe? I’m making a no-budget short film (or at least collecting props for it – I’ll make the film after I move). I’d prefer unused, but I’ll take what I can get! 😃 Okay… Do you know where I can buy a really big needle and syringe? ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/16 "2000-09-29T21:37:20Z")
Pardon me while I act ghoulish. Okay, I’d like some stats on this guy… age, physical description, etc. Oh yeah, and how’d he die? Hey, don’t look at me that way, Hallowe’en is just around the corner! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skribbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Skribbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skribbler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-done-trying-to-salvage-a-cadaver-whats-for-dinner/34933/17 "2000-09-29T21:38:11Z")
Couldn’t you have just sent ‘him’ back, tell them that they sent you a spoiled one and get him replaced? You kept your receipt didn’t you?