Comment by tptacek

If you read the whole article, it turns out that Americans are often too tall to donate their bodies to science, too: the limit is 6'. The reason is pretty simple: the anatomy labs have tables that accommodate bodies of a certain size. In the good states, if you donate your body but it can't be used, they'll cremate it at their expense and return the ashes. A lot of hedging and hemming aside, I think I've pretty much captured the whole article.