Bodies were a major human weakness. (TOT)
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It was hard to deal with people when a tiny part of you saw them as a temporary collection of atoms that would not be around in another few decades. (TOT)
The role of the lower intestine in the efforts to build a better nation is one that is often neglected by historians. (CJ)
... Mrs Ogg has a very vague attitude to lengths except in humorously anatomical areas. (NOC)
Dissecting people when they were still alive tended to be a priestly preoccupation; they thought mankind had been created by some sort of divine being and wanted to have a closer look at His handiwork. (MA)
People say things like ‘listen to your heart’, but witches learn to listen with other things too. It’s amazing what your kidneys can tell you. (WFM)
Meat is extremely bad for the digestive system,’ said Magrat. ‘If you could see inside your colon you’d be horrified.'
‘I think I would,’ muttered Hwel. (WS) An hour ago Cutwell had thumbed through the index of The Monster Fun Grimoire and had cautiously assembled a number of common household ingredients and put a match to them.
Funny thing about eyebrows, he mused. You never really noticed them until they’d gone. (M) They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, which just goes to show they’re as confused about anatomy as they gen’rally are about everything else, unless they’re talking about instructions on how to stab him, in which case a better way is up and under the ribcage. (NOC)
I thought I’d show everyone what I’m made of. And now they’ll probably find out: I’m made of lots of tubes and greeny purple wobbly bits. (LL)
Anatomy was an important study at the Alchemists’Guilde, owing to the ancient theory that the human body represented a microcosm of the universe, although when you saw one opened up it was hard to imagine which part of the universe was small and purple and went blomp-blomp when you prodded it. (FC)
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