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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Pathologist Nicole Angemi posts horrific pictures from autopsies online
Her gruesome Instagram account has nearly half a million followers
Graphic images include miscarried and aborted babies and a man having his face slowly torn off during an autopsy
Most of the pictures were taken without permission of deceased's family
Furious people online concerned the dead could be recognized by relatives
Angemi claims she posts photos online to educate people about the body

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 20:29 EST, 21 October 2015 | Updated: 09:59 EST, 22 October 2015

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Pathologist Nicole Angemi posts gruesome pictures from autopsies on her Instagram

A pathologist has come under fire for posting hundreds of gruesome photographs from autopsies online, including pictures of dead fetuses.

Nearly half a million people follow Nicole Angemi's Instagram, which features images of mangled bodies and horrific injuries.

Most of the shocking photos were taken by Angemi without permission of the deceased relatives, infuriating people online.

The graphic pictures - many too grisly to be published here - include an adult man having his face slowly torn off during an autopsy, a man who has been fatally stabbed in the head and several miscarried and aborted babies.

Angemi, who works in a hospital in New Jersey, claims she posts the pictures online to educate people, but some people see it as exploiting the dead.

One person wrote online: 'I'm all about bringing science to the public, but if I scrolled across a photo of my father's autopsy on your Instagram, or if my children scrolled across their mother's dead body, you better believe lawyers will be coming out.

'To present the bodies of patients in the public when those patients are alive, you need consent. To post photos from unconsenting patients or families is incredibly unethical.'

Another said: 'When my mom died she donated her body to science. My biggest fear was that her body would be exploited and objectified. I am disgusted by what this woman is doing.

'Yes, these are unidentified specimens but they are a human being who had a life and loved ones and dignity. They did not consent to this and do not deserve to be anyone's educational tool.'

The tattooed pathology assistant says she only feels empathy for the dead person and their family for 'a second' before moving on

Angemi posted this picture of a mangled leg with the caption: 'Everyday is Halloween in Pathology!!!!!!'

This photograph on Angemi's Instagram is of a man's forehead after he was killed in a car crash while not wearing a seatbelt

Angemi posted this picture online from the autopsy of an 18-year-old woman who was raped and murdered

One shocked man commented: 'What's controversial is the fact that she is posting medical photos of dead infants, dead people and specimens without any regard to the family.

'She should have expressed consent to post these images online but she does not. One of her photos shows a deceased elder abuse victim. Not only is this disrespectful to the family but it could very well hinder an investigation. I am surprised her employer allows this.'

Meanwhile, another said: 'As a person who has seen a couple of autopsies in my medical school, which affected me a lot, I can't believe it that someone is able to be so detached from humanity to be able to do this for self promotion.'

Others called for Angemi to be fired, saying she was breaching people's privacy.

The tattooed pathology assistant, who told Philly Mag that she only feels empathy for the dead person and their family for 'a second' before moving on, says she posts the pictures online to educate people.

Angemi, who works in a hospital in New Jersey claims she posts the pictures online to educate people, but some people see it as exploiting the dead

Shocking: Another image on Angemi's Instagram page shows a pacemaker inside a dead man's body

She told Vice: 'To me, this is all about education. It's not about exploiting anybody.

'I just want to show women you're normal, this happens to everyone, it's totally normal.'

Angemi has 491,000 followers on Instagram - using the account @Mrs_Angemi - but has had her profile deleted a few times because of the nature of her photographs.

She says some of her peers have told her the images are inappropriate and should only be viewed by medical professionals, not the public.

But Angemi says: 'If someone wants to see what an autopsy looks like, why can't they have access to that?'