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The first show, Death in Minutes, focuses on the airways and illustrates how damage to this system can cause death in just minutes. The second show, Death in Hours, explores the circulatory system and how bleeding affects the human body as a whole, in some cases eventually causing death. The third show, Permanent Damage, looks at the nervous system and bones and examines the kind of injury that can cause permanent damage.


Death in Minutes
Death in Hours
Permanent Damage


Autopsy: Life and Death
The life processes that tie us to our death
Anatomy for Beginners
Discover the beauty of the human body
The Anatomists
The art and ethics of human dissection
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