How do they get people with contractures in a casket?

[NurseyPoo7]

Seriously. I know this is probably a morbid question, but I've always wondered that... Does anyone know?

[PICNICRN, BSN, RN]

This is sick.... but I'm glad you asked this question because I have always wondered too!

I'm kinda sorry I found out the answer, though!

[soon_to_be_LPN-Nurse]

speaking of the deceased and braking bones...do you all want me to talk about how cremated remains end up powdery and can fit into an urn? hint, the remains come out of the retort (hot cremation thingy) with the bones mostly intact. it's the flesh/soft tissue that burns off.

do you know what happens to the bones that are still intact?

just curious, since we had a couple that was cremated a few weeks ago. i kind of thought the ashes in the urn was the whole person.

[Multicollinearity, BSN, RN]

do you know what happens to the bones that are still intact?

just curious, since we had a couple that was cremated a few weeks ago. i kind of thought the ashes in the urn was the whole person.

the ashes in the urn are the remains of the whole person, bones and soft-tissue. after cremation in the retort (burning), much of the larger bones remain in tact. the bones that remain intact are ground in a big blender-type machine to make the consistency similar to the ashes. these ground up bones are added to the ashes in the urn and blended.

however, in certain cultures, the family receives the whole bones in-tact. i believe some cultures in japan have done this, historically.

fyi, i worked at a cemetary/mortuary briefly.

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Wow...I did notice when I had to receive my uncle's cremated remains that they appeared to be different colors...

I always thought that they broke the bones of contracted patients; so, I guess my 'theory' was correct.

[soon_to_be_LPN-Nurse]

the ashes in the urn are the remains of the whole person, bones and soft-tissue. after cremation in the retort (burning), much of the larger bones remain in tact. the bones that remain intact are ground in a big blender-type machine to make the consistency similar to the ashes. these ground up bones are added to the ashes in the urn and blended.

however, in certain cultures, the family receives the whole bones in-tact. i believe some cultures in japan have done this, historically.

fyi, i worked at a cemetary/mortuary briefly.

thanks, for clearing that up for me. i'm always asking our funeral director/mortian

[Nursebarebari]

when a person dies, the whole body becomes flacid. if it doesn't, i guess you just have to hammer the parts.

hmm, gross.

[Absolutely13]

My mother died from chronic progressive multiple sclerosis 15 months ago. I had the same question after the viewing.

That's exactly what they do.

[Eirene, ASN, RN]

Argh. This makes me sick to my stomach.

My little boy has CP and his legs are mildly contracted. I wonder if he can request to be buried in one of those plus-sized caskets when the time comes.

I used to be an office manager at a cemetery. We used to have ashes sent to us out of state to bury by fed-ex.