uncleclover
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...How can I legally do this? I have a fascination with anatomy and have always wanted my very own personal "skeleton" to look at and study from time to time, perhaps basing some drawings/other artwork on posing it and just to all-around appreciate the complexity of the human skeletal system. I know they can be bought legally from specialty suppliers, but I really can't afford professionally processed display specimens.
So suppose I was able to find someone willing to permit me to assume ownership of the skeleton of a deceased relative or loved one (someone for whom they have legal responsibility for their remains). For instance, it may be someone whose deceased charge had donated their body to science or had their organs harvested, and so the skeletal remains were left to be interred or otherwise disposed of at their guardian's discretion.
If I found some situation like that, would it be legal for me to assume ownership of such remains? Is there any sort of "process" I might have to go through? I would be willing to assume control of an entire cadaver and do all the dissection/etc myself, but that would probably be a bit much and I suspect that would be much more complicated from a legal perspective. So remains that are already skeletal will probably have to do, and that's only if it can be done legally.
Help? :-?
I am also a bit concerned with how to ensure that I haven't taken possession of the skeleton of a previously unknown victim of murder from someone who -claims- it to have been a legally obtained specimen. I mean talk about receiving illicit goods! :-# Is there some kind of certification authority for human remains in the United States that would be able to track such things? :-?
So suppose I was able to find someone willing to permit me to assume ownership of the skeleton of a deceased relative or loved one (someone for whom they have legal responsibility for their remains). For instance, it may be someone whose deceased charge had donated their body to science or had their organs harvested, and so the skeletal remains were left to be interred or otherwise disposed of at their guardian's discretion.
If I found some situation like that, would it be legal for me to assume ownership of such remains? Is there any sort of "process" I might have to go through? I would be willing to assume control of an entire cadaver and do all the dissection/etc myself, but that would probably be a bit much and I suspect that would be much more complicated from a legal perspective. So remains that are already skeletal will probably have to do, and that's only if it can be done legally.
Help? :-?
I am also a bit concerned with how to ensure that I haven't taken possession of the skeleton of a previously unknown victim of murder from someone who -claims- it to have been a legally obtained specimen. I mean talk about receiving illicit goods! :-# Is there some kind of certification authority for human remains in the United States that would be able to track such things? :-?