# Selling one's body to medical science?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-ones-body-to-medical-science/108106>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-ones-body-to-medical-science/108106 "2002-05-09T16:08:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-ones-body-to-medical-science/108106/1 "2002-05-09T16:08:49Z")

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OK, here’s the deal: I’m po’ (“poor,” for those of you up North). I was curious about how to go about selling my body to medical science and how much money I’d get for it.  
I know that there are lots of terms and conditions for this, there was a lawsuit alleging that a person who sold his body to science violated his contract when he had a tooth extracted without permission (sorry, can’t find the link), and the defendant/donator lost.

So. I’d like to get some extra money, and I can’t sell my body while I’m alive, and I won’t need it when I’m dead. Well, I could, but it wouldn’t get me much. Where do I go? What do I do?