The immediate cause for bequeathing his body to science was the serious illness of his wife and Like Paul, each year there are about 650 people who voluntarily donate their entire body, after death, to one of the eight anatomical institutes in the Netherlands. Currently about 16,000 people, 0.1% of the total population, are registered as body donor at one of these institutes (Bolt et al., 2011b). Body donation is mentioned in Dutch legislation as the third method for body disposition next to burial and cremation. Thanks to body donation, students are given the opportunity to learn practical human anatomy and medical professionals can refinetheir surgical techniques.
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