Dr. Feldman, et. al. at MGH obtained a restraining order against me,
using as evidence of my purported "threatening" behavior, a note saying I would
have my severed head sent to them so they could dissect it and learn
what went wrong with my surgery. This note was used in court, as
some sort of "proof" that I was "dangerous" and "crazy".
I find the reaction of these doctors particularly hypocritical, given that they use
severed heads placed in aluminum roasting pans for their "hands on" teaching
seminars in facelift surgery.
Excerpt
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers By Mary Roach
A Head Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Practicing surgery on the dead
The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before
had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan.
But here are forty of them, one per pan, resting face-up on what looks to be a small pet-food bowl.
The heads are for plastic surgeons, two per head, to practice on. I'm observing a facial anatomy and
face-lift refresher course, sponsored by a southern university medical center and led by a half-dozen of
America's most sought-after face-lifters. The heads have been put in roasting pans—which are of the
disposable aluminum variety—for the same reason chickens are put in roasting pans: to catch the drippings.
Surgery, even surgery upon the dead, is a tidy, orderly affair. Forty folding utility tables have been draped
in lavender plastic cloths, and a roasting pan is centered on each. Skin hooks and retractors are set out
with the pleasing precision of restaurant cutlery. The whole thing has the look of a catered reception.
I mention to the young woman whose job it was to set up the seminar this morning that the lavender gives
the room a cheery sort of Easter-party feeling. Her name is Theresa. She replies that lavender was
chosen because it's a soothing color.
More about "Stiff" by Mary Roach:
http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=stiff
The arrogance of doctors never ceases to astound me. More astonishing,
is the way patients allow such patronizing insult to their intelligence... and never inform the offending
doctor that his supercilious behavior is unacceptable.
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