I was going to make my recollections of gross anatomy into a longer story, but I doubt I'll ever summon up the motivation to do so. It would make a small novel, and I'm not that ambitious yet. Instead, I'll just give you some impressions and collect them over several days. I hope they don't become too disjointed.

( Description of the cadavers ensues... )

( Meeting the Living--No Body Yet )

I took a gross anatomy class in the fall of 2000. We had guest lecturers from time to time, one of them being the fellow in this article. He spoke passionately and informatively about hand anatomy and his career as a hand surgeon. Many of the stories he told that day have stayed with me, and I was reminded of them today when I read a story where, ( Read more... )