Transcript 01/30/09 - Ariel Castaneda

[frogman042]

well, again at the risk of sounding morbid, if I were a family member of Stonewall Jackson, I wouldn't want his body buried in two places. I would want whoever to dig up his arm and put it with the rest of his body.

I really wouldn't count an arm as receiving its own burial. I would think that they were actually just disposing of the amputated limb and that was how they disposed of stuff back then. Plus, Stonewall's family probably had bigger fish to fry both during and after the way than worrying about his arm not being with the rest of him.

Which brings up a question that I've always wondered about. What do hospitals do with all the parts they take away (like limbs, gall bladders, appendixes, lady parts, etc.) after the pathologist is done with them?

Two words:

Spoiler

Oscar Meyer! (it's a joke don't sue me)

[Sisyphean Fan]

well, again at the risk of sounding morbid, if I were a family member of Stonewall Jackson, I wouldn't want his body buried in two places. I would want whoever to dig up his arm and put it with the rest of his body.

I really wouldn't count an arm as receiving its own burial. I would think that they were actually just disposing of the amputated limb and that was how they disposed of stuff back then. Plus, Stonewall's family probably had bigger fish to fry both during and after the way than worrying about his arm not being with the rest of him.

Which brings up a question that I've always wondered about. What do hospitals do with all the parts they take away (like limbs, gall bladders, appendixes, lady parts, etc.) after the pathologist is done with them?

I don't recall if it was one of the articles I linked to or another one I didn't, but I read that the routine after a battle was to cremate all the amputated limbs. Someone decided that wasn't dignified enough for Stonewall's arm, so they carried it away for a special burial.

I believe they cremate/incinerate medical waste in hospitals, too, unless they've switched over to alkaline hydrolysis digestion, which inspired the following headline in Saturday's Ithaca Journal: What's the best way to treat a liquefied cow from Cornell?

I just figured during war and the heat of battle, etc., they wouldn't have time for burning and all that, so they'd just bury stuff. Having a special burial for an arm seem kind of weird.

Speaking of Cornell, I keep meaning to ask you....did you go to Ithaca College?

[Sisyphean Fan]

well, again at the risk of sounding morbid, if I were a family member of Stonewall Jackson, I wouldn't want his body buried in two places. I would want whoever to dig up his arm and put it with the rest of his body.

I really wouldn't count an arm as receiving its own burial. I would think that they were actually just disposing of the amputated limb and that was how they disposed of stuff back then. Plus, Stonewall's family probably had bigger fish to fry both during and after the way than worrying about his arm not being with the rest of him.

Which brings up a question that I've always wondered about. What do hospitals do with all the parts they take away (like limbs, gall bladders, appendixes, lady parts, etc.) after the pathologist is done with them?

Two words:

Spoiler

Oscar Meyer! (it's a joke don't sue me)

Hey, I read The Jungle!

[MarleysGh0st]

Speaking of Cornell, I keep meaning to ask you....did you go to Ithaca College?

Nope. I'm one of the very rare Ithacan who didn't go to either college and doesn't work for them or for any business that relies on the students and their parents' money. My first job was up here and I just fell in love with the area.