Playboy After Hours
April, 1982
Gland GestureRemember your old science textbooks? A human body was supposed to be worth around 98 cents. Times have changed. A couple of San Diego physicians were recently indicted for peddling human organs obtained during autopsies. We don't know if this stuff has been figured into the GNP, but the rate sheet is certainly significant: human brain, $150; heart, $100; prostate gland, $25; pancreas, $50; thyroid glands, $15 each; and something called human-cadaver fluid, a whopping $500 per liter....
