人死后，假肢都去哪了？
<p><span word="Millions">Millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prosthetics">prosthetics</span>, <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="implants">implants</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pacemakers">pacemakers</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="exist">exist</span> – <span word="so">so</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="augmentations">augmentations</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="die">die</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="them">them</span>? <span word="Frank">Frank</span> <span word="Swain">Swain</span> <span word="investigates">investigates</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="fitted">fitted</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pioneering">pioneering</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="died">died</span></p><p><span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="watchful">watchful</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="guards">guards</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Metro">Metro</span> <span word="Davidson">Davidson</span> <span word="County">County</span> <span word="Detention">Detention</span> <span word="Facility">Facility</span>, <span word="half">half</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="inmates">inmates</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="overalls">overalls</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="wrestling">wrestling</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="prosthetic">prosthetic</span> <span word="legs">legs</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="strip">strip</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="screws">screws</span>, <span word="bolts">bolts</span>, <span word="connectors">connectors</span>, <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="components">components</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="workshop">workshop</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collaboration">collaboration</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Standing">Standing</span> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="Hope">Hope</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="charity">charity</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nashville">Nashville</span>, <span word="Tennessee">Tennessee</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="recycles">recycles</span> <span word="unwanted">unwanted</span> <span word="prosthetic">prosthetic</span> <span word="limbs">limbs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="disassembled">disassembled</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="shipped">shipped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ghana">Ghana</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="locally">locally</span> <span word="trained">trained</span> <span word="clinicians">clinicians</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="rebuild">rebuild</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="there">there</span>.</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="life">life</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="types">types</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prosthetics">prosthetics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="implants">implants</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="destiny">destiny</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="augmented">augmented</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> – <span word="often">often</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owner">owner</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="death">death</span> – <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>. <span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span> <span word="offers">offers</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="litany">litany</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="parts">parts</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="limbs">limbs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="hips">hips</span>, <span word="shoulders">shoulders</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="joints">joints</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pacemakers">pacemakers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="cardiac">cardiac</span> <span word="defibrillators">defibrillators</span> (<span word="ICDs">ICDs</span>), <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="augmentations">augmentations</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="dentures">dentures</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="silicone">silicone</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="implants">implants</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="augmentations">augmentations</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="dies">dies</span>?</p><p><span word="Inert">Inert</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="breast">breast</span> <span word="implants">implants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="hips">hips</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="death">death</span>, <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="compelling">compelling</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="pose">pose</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="archaeologists">archaeologists</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="uncover">uncover</span> <span word="peculiar">peculiar</span> <span word="objects">objects</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="graves">graves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="millennial">millennial</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>: <span word="silicone">silicone</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="teeth">teeth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sculpted">sculpted</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="bones">bones</span>.</p>
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