You Want Me To Do What?

We received an autopsied body this morning. When a body has been fully autopsied, all of the organs {including the brain} are removed and studied. Once the Medical Examiner or Coroner is finished with the body, the organs {called "viscera"} are placed in a plastic bag and put back into the now hollowed-out body. Once the body arrives at the funeral home, this bag is removed from the body and set aside, where the contents are saturated with a chemical called cavity fluid, which retards their decomposition. Once the rest of the body has been embalmed, these organs are placed back into the body cavity and the body is sutured closed. A lot of funeral homes will simply place the bag of viscera back into the body, but today I learned we actually remove the viscera from the bag when we return them to the body. That was my job. I handled the liver, the brain, the intestines, all of it. Once I returned the viscera, I sutured the body closed. Tomorrow we dress her and place her in the casket.