These stories, from light to shocking, invite the reader into the atmosphere of morgues, specialized laboratories, and military hospitals. Even the simplest situations in the book are often viewed through the lens of forensic medicine—a science full, due to its specific nature, of unexpected detective twists, everyday inconveniences, and medical cynicism. Although all the stories are meant for a general audience with no medical education, people with sensitive psyches should avoid reading them, because the stories range from harmless near-medical anecdotes to emotionally heavy themes touching unpleasant and taboo questions such as body dismemberment, sexual deviations, or illegal abortions. For those who aren’t afraid of such details, the book offers immersion into our world—the world of military clinics and secret institutions, garrison hospitals and regimental infirmaries, medical battalions and morgues, specialized laboratories, and submarines.