Talk too to the local medical school. They probably know how to deal with 
cadaver donations and can at least tell you who to contact about state or 
other regulations you need to be aware of.

Also, if the lady's amenable, that might be what she can work out - donate 
to the local university with a proviso.

Bob

Robert B Hole Jr

Museum Educator/Curator currently seeking employment
www.biologybase.com/resume/default.htm


At 07:04 AM 1/13/2006, you wrote:
>Margaret .. I might check with the coordinators of the more recent 
>exhibition that exhibitited "persons donated to science"... I don't 
>remember the title of the show, but it was/is quite controversial...I 
>wonder if they had any special protocol for exhibition, rather than just 
>study or traditional medical college educational uses for people who 
>donated themselves, or parts of themselves to the exhibition.
>
>Erin Elizabeth Crissman
>Curator
>Historic Cherry Hill
>523 1/2 South Pearl St.
>Albany, NY 12202
>p.518.434.4791
>f.518.434.4806
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On 
>Behalf Of Margaret Lyman
>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:42 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Body donation
>
>This question is so weird I should almost save it for a Friday... Years 
>ago our late museum director made a verbal agreement with a woman who 
>wants to donate her spine to the museum.  Said woman is now updating her 
>will and was wondering if we hade yet devised an appropriate form for this 
>donation, or phraseology she should include in her will.  I assume that, 
>as with organ donation, the most important step is to let your family and 
>doctors know your wishes.  Beyond that I get a little fuzzy.  I can't 
>really fall back on what we did in the past, because there is no precedent 
>-most of our specimens were collected in the 1800s or early 1900s, 
>predating our current ethical and legal concerns.  Specimens collected 
>more recently have either been donated to doctors who then donate to us, 
>or belong to a still living donor.  We do want her spine -does anyone have 
>suggestions or forms I could look at?
>
>
>
>Margaret Lyman, Curator
>
>Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
>
>19 South 22nd Street
>
>Philadelphia, PA 19103
>
>215-563-3737 x244
>
>215-561-6477 (fax)
>
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