Autopsy of a Pickle

Doctors William Laurie and Craig Jordan

Rockledge High School Coroners Association
Anatomy and Physiology Period 1
Autopsy conducted beginning on January 15, 2016

Rockledge High School Coroners Association

Dr. William N. Laurie and Dr. Craig Nathaniel
Ray Jordan Jr.
January 24, 2016 Autopsy of Richard Pickles
(TYPE A)
Richard Pickles was born on November 14th, 1979. He was
raised on a small cucumber farm on the northern half of Rhode
Island. He married Mrs. Janet Pickles on July 17 th, 2001 in the
same town as the farm where he grew up. When time came they
had a child, Tommy Pickles. When Tommy was five, the Pickles
decided to move to Maine. Richard was a cucumber and Janet was
a pickle. Tommy had inherited the pickle traits from his mother, so
he too, was a pickle. Janet wanted move to Maine, to be closer to
family. However, Richard would never be accepted there as a
cucumber in a pickle community. Richard had to qualify as a
pickle according to Maine State Standards. In order to be
qualified, he had to one thing - bounce. He attended his first
qualification test and failed. He was devastated, as there are only
three chances to qualify in a cucumbers life. As training, he spent
eight hours a day bathing in virgin oil, pickling himself. Soon, the
second qualifying opportunity arises, and alas, he finds that he is
still too soft to bounce. Janet finds that he needs to harden up, he
had the pickling part down, now he needed to be harder. So after
that he began spending six days a week in the gym and bulking
to prepare for his final chance to become a pickle. The time came
for the test and he felt prepared. The bounce tester was notorious
for having successful bounces, yet they prove to be fatal. Bob
Bouncious was this man, and he was Richards tester. Bob
grabbed Richard and bounced him against the ground with
tremendous force. Richard landed chest first into the ground and
bounced straight back up. He had successfully bounced! He had a
record apogee at 2 meters! Yet, sadly, before he could land, his
heart reacted to the force put on his body, and collapsed. Mr.

Richard Pickles had died from Cardiac Infraction. However, he

died, as a proud pickle.

RIP Richard S. Pickles (November 14th, 1979

January 13th, 2015)

Lab Report:
Describe the exterior of the body.
Body:
Height: 15cm
Width: 3.9cm
Hip Width: 3cm
Head:
Height: 3cm
Width: 2.7cm
Dorsal:
Has a ridge line going from superior to inferior sides of body, with
two grooves along lateral sides.
Ventral:
Bumps along ventral side of body
Scar and indentation on distal to face face lateral to nose
The pH of Mr. Pickle was 5 in multiple areas of his body. Fluid
samples were taken from the head and body and all reported a pH
level of 5.
1: A (Y) transverse and sagittal cut was made medial to his
ventral side.
2: He was split open revealing his innards

3: Two organs were identified the collapsed heart and his spinal
chord
4: All organs were removed for further examination
5: A superficial sagittal incision intermediate to his belly button
was made and a tissue sample was collected and tested
6: A deep frontal incision in the most superior region of his right
shoulder was made and another tissue sample was collected and
tested
7: His right leg was amputated, proximal to the knee but distal to
the hip
8: His left arm was proximal to the wrist but distal to the elbow
9: His skull was split and his brain was analyzed
10: His organ were replaced and he was sewn shut, and prepared
for burial

Ventral Side (Anterior)

Dorsal Side (Posterior)

Profile

(Y) Shape Cut

(Y) Shape Cut

Internal Organ 1 (Heart)

Internal Organ 2 (Spine)

Tissue Sample 1

Tissue Sample 2

Open Skull

Post Autopsy Right Leg and Left Arm amputated

Organs removed