Cadaver Labs, with Mary Winn Heider (episode 4)

Middle grade author Mary Winn Heider talks about her gig as a receptionist at a cadaver lab, and how it turned into the setting for her funny, fictional novel The Mortification of Fovea Munson.

image pulled from the cover of The Mortification of Fovea Munson

SHOW NOTES:

Mary Winn Heider’s two books for middle grade readers are The Mortification of Fovea Munson and The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy. You can links to purchase the books on her website: https://www.marywinnheider.com/

Also on her website, she has a great FAQ about cadaver labs that is kid-friendly: https://www.marywinnheider.com/cadaver-lab-faqs

Here is a Washington Post article on Mary Winn’s second book The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy

You can find an excellent and simple explanation of bone grafting on the John Hopkins Medicine website

I was trying to find an article about bone sales on the black market but I didn’t find anything credible. If you’ve read anything like this and have a good source, let me know!

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

How to donate your body to science - a very simple article on Healthline

A google image search for “anatomical heart picture” is a fun rabbit hole of its own, but I think my favorite are the stickers