Kate’s Reviews > Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy > Status Update

Damn, a brain dead comatose pregnant mother can continue with her pregnancy so long as the baby has a brain is real screwed up.

And the mother dies once she gives birth? Even more screwed up.

Never knew that there was an unnamed hormone pumped by the brain to keep the heart beating! But if the brain is dead then the heart is gone in 48 hours ig

I’m not gonna lie, I love Mary Roach but describing burn patients so blithely puts a bad feeling in my stomach. It’s one thing to make fun of historical figures with their concerning medical methods, but it’s another thing comparing burn patient treatments to shawarma shops and lotto games