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Radio 4,10 mins

What happens to the body after death?

Inside Health

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An area of medicine not often discussed on Inside Health is pathology. Dr Mark Porter visits the morgue at St Mary's Hospital in London to speak to pathologist Mike Osborn. What happens to your body after death? What is rigor mortis? And how much do crime dramas on TV get right? This is a clip taken from an episode of Inside Health.

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