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Facilities limit mortuary science embalming efforts

Written by DeadGirl
Saturday, 11 February 2006
Facilities limit mortuary science embalming efforts Mortuary science department could earn$30,000 embalming bodiesfor the Anatomical Board of Texas The mortuary science department has been asked to have its students complete the initial pickup and embalming of bodies for the Anatomical Board of Texas, but they lack the necessary facilities to do so. The board is a stage agency that runs the Willed Body Program, which oversees donated bodies for educational purposes.Mortuary science Chair Mary Allen-Martin said Jan. 19 that students here could embalm human bodies that are donated to science through the Willed Body Program. The Anatomical Board would then embalm them again with chemicals college students are not allowed to touch.Not only would this give students additional hands-on experience, but it also could benefit this college financially, Allen-Martin said.The department could make an estimated $200 for every human cadaver students embalm, Allen-Martin said, and there can be anywhere from 100 to 300 bodies donated in a year. If the department received 150 bodies, it could make about $30,000.It costs the mortuary science department an average of $20,000 per year just to receive the cadavers needed for the Human Anatomy lab, Allen-Martin said. Although the newly remodeled space the department occupies in Nail Technical Center is inadequate for this purpose, the department hopes for more space after the allied health department moves into the nursing and allied health complex to be funded by the $450 million bond passed by voters Nov. 8. The Anatomical Board, a state agency that runs the Willed Body Program, stresses privacy and respect for the human cadavers donated to the school, and the lack of secluded loading zones or hallways for the transport of bodies poses the biggest problem for the department, Allen-Martin said.Ã¢â‚¬Å“We would need a place to back in a vehicle that was a little more private than these glass doors,Ã¢â‚¬Â Allen-Martin said, referring to NailÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s entrances. Either the department would need a new embalming lab with a private loading bay for a vehicle to use, or a way to keep students out of the halls around the human anatomy lab Ã¢â‚¬â€ a difficult task, considering NailÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s floor-plan.An internal college planning committee will begin planning the project next month, President Robert E. Zeigler said, and it will probably take eight or nine months for construction of the new buildings to begin. The $33.2 million allied health complex will be in Phase 1 of construction along with an $18.9 million academic complex and $15 million parking garage with 1,000 spaces.The academic and allied health complexes could be connected, he said. The committee is considering a parking lot at Evergreen Street and Main Avenue and an area at Park and San Pedro avenues as possible locations for either the new complexes or the parking garage, Zeigler said.The dental assisting and medical assisting departments will move into the allied health complex along with the nursing department. Zeigler is aware of the mortuary science departmentÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s opportunity and said the planning committee is strongly taking into consideration the necessary renovations in Nail. http://www.theranger.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/09/43ebaeda3bf63

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries