Diss

Diss., the anatomical examination of a dead body. It is regulated by the (English) Anatomy Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75), 'An Act for regulating Schools of Anatomy,' as slightly amended by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 16. The seventh section of the first-mentioned Act allows an executor to permit diss. Unless the deceased shall have expressed a desire to the contrary, or the husband or wife of the deceased or any known relative shall have required interment without diss., and the eighth enjoins diss. if the deceased shall have directed it, and neither husband nor wife nor nearest known relative shall have objected; while the sixteenth repeals so much of 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, as authorized the diss., after execution, of the body of a person convicted or murder.