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Human wet specimen: is it possible or legal?

(this is probably gonna be quite a long chapter)
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So, I was thinking about what I could write a chapter about, got sidetracked, and had an idea that in my mind, would make a great chapter.

Anyway, the question that came to mind; would it be possible to preserve a whole (adult) human corpse as a wet specimen?  I'm not sure if it's been done before since I couldn't find anything specifically about the topic, so here's what I know and learnt. As well as the conclusion I came to after all of this.

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Before I did much research, I asked a bunch of people what they thought, and here's the most said responses / questions.

1. What even is a wet specimen?
Answer from Google: Fluid-preserved specimens, also popularly called wet specimens or embalmed specimens, are samples of biological tissue that have been preserved with a fixative and then stored in a permanent liquid solution in a jar or other receptacle.

2. Would it be legal?
I couldn't find a straight answer from Google for this one, so I'mma try and put what I know together to possibly make an answer.
It's legal to have limbs, organs and stillborn babies preserved as either wet specimens or in resin (often you will need a medical license though) so it could possibly be legal. With the appropriate license and consent from the deceased person's family, of course.

3. Where the heck would you get a jar that big?
This was something that I wondered too 😂
Since it has to be a glass and airtight jar or some sort of container, I'd imagine that there would be a sort of tank that would work. If not, I'm sure there would be a place out there that makes (or would be willing to make) crazy sized jars or tanks.

4. Wouldn't it eventually look gross or/and start to fall apart?
I see where this idea would come from... Since that's basically what happens to water corpses. But as you know, wet preserved specimens aren't kept in water; they're usually in a sort of alcohol mix or something like a 70% ethanol solution.
Despite this, it is common for wet specimens to eventually start flaking and falling apart, but not as much as a water corpse would. And the specimen would have to be very... V e r y old, and would have had to be in the solution for ages. Museums have preserved animals and limbs from decades, even centuries ago.

Alright... Those are the main questions out of the way, so here's my thoughts on the whole thing.

It could be *physically* possible, if done correctly. Since a human corpse would be large... Because you know, that's how humans are, it would require quite a lot of solution. This would be injected like it would be for any other wet specimen- into the large muscles, mouth, ears, hands, feet, eyes (if they're going to be kept closed) and the torso.
And it would probably need to be soaked in the solution for a long time as well.
This seems to me like a pretty foolproof way to go about it. The only issue I can think of right now is the organs and brain; would they stay preserved? I'm not sure personally.
The next step would probably be to put it in the glass tank or jar, also full of solution. As ya do.
Another thing, would the solution need to be changed? And how often?

As for the legality, I would imagine it would be fine as long as you have the appropriate medical license (whatever that would be) and consent from the deceased person's family (example, if the corpse had been donated for science or medical research.)

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So... If there's anything I've learnt from doing all this research and trying to come to a conclusion, there's a lot of things to take into consideration.
Anyway... What do you think?

(If you've made it this far, a vote would be greatly appreciated xD)
That's all for now, untill the next chapter!