In the last few chapters of Stiff, Roach continues to describe the ways humans can be used after they pass on by using, excerpts, quotes, facts, and rhetorical questions. The uses of human cadavars continue to grow, as Roach explores the past. Hot blood from a deceased gladiator was belived to be an elixer that could cure many diseases such as "ecezema, palsy and even vertigo."(224) While some of the past uses of cadavars as medicine are less that desireable to those in modern days, in the past these practices were popular and ever growing. Later Roach tells of an "enviromentaly friendly" way of using cadavars as compost. In the very last chapter of Stiff, the author roises the rhetorical question of What will happen to not only her, but us, when we pass on from this world.
Clarification:
On page 224 when Roach mentions the "Mummy Elixer", is she talking about the mellified mummies?
Application:
If it meant that you could possibly save a person's life, would you eat and drink nothing but hunny for the last month of your life and then mellify your body?
