Today’s Easily-Covered Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
When performing an autopsy, the first cut made into the body is traditionally a Y-cut, two deep slices inward from a few inches below each shoulder to a point under the breastbone and then straight down through the abdominal muscles. Undertakers had demanded that technique, rather than a slash straight down the center from the throat, so that clothing would easily cover the incisions during an open casket ceremony.
Culled from: The Poisoner’s Handbook
Just read this article to my passenger, who is being transported for autopsy. Irony?