First-year students at the University of Michigan Medical School were
receiving their first anatomy class involving a real dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table where the body lay under a
white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is
necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is
that you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body.
For example..." The Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger
in the bu tt of the corpse, withdrew it, and stuck it in his mouth.
"Now, all of you, go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students.
Needless to say, the students hesitated, recoiling in disgust for
several minutes.
But eventually they took turns sticking a finger in the bu tt of the
dead body and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The
second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle
finger and sucked on my index finger."
"Now learn to pay attention."
receiving their first anatomy class involving a real dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table where the body lay under a
white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is
necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is
that you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body.
For example..." The Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger
in the bu tt of the corpse, withdrew it, and stuck it in his mouth.
"Now, all of you, go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students.
Needless to say, the students hesitated, recoiling in disgust for
several minutes.
But eventually they took turns sticking a finger in the bu tt of the
dead body and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The
second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle
finger and sucked on my index finger."
"Now learn to pay attention."
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