The Utility of the Wounded: Circular No. 2, Camp Letterman, and Acceptance of Medical Dissection
Prior to the American Civil War, doctors in the United States had difficulty obtaining cadavers for research and instruction purposes. Based on religious and moral objections, the American public staunchly opposed autopsies and dissections.
Jonathan Tracey
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Histopathology report on colon cancer specimens; measuring surgical quality, an increasing stress for surgeons [PDF]
Introduction. Improving the quality of surgical resections by evaluating surgical specimens is probably the most important feedback a surgeon can receive.
Bilavschi, Karina +5 more
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Identity change and the human dissection experience over the first year of medical training [PDF]
The aim of this study is to explore identity change in medical students over their first year of medical training, particularly in relation to their experience of human dissection. Each of our four participants completed two repertory grids at the end of
Abu-Hijelh +44 more
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The social life of the dead:the role of post-mortem examinations in medical student socialisation [PDF]
Dissection has held a privileged position in medical education although the professional values it inculcates have been subject to intense debate. Claims vary from it generating a dehumanising level of emotional detachment, to promotion of rational and ...
Goodwin, Dawn Samantha +2 more
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'Can you be a doctor, even if you faint?' The tacit lessons of cadaveric dissection [PDF]
Background: The undergraduate Medicine course at the University of Cambridge has included cadaveric dissection as part of its anatomy teaching for over three centuries.
Barclay, S +5 more
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Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes? [PDF]
The aim of this study was to analyse patterns of metastatic spread from cutaneous head and neck melanoma, which are said to be highly variable.
Lukšić, Ivica +3 more
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Talking about a Christine Borland sculpture: effective empathy in contemporary anatomy art (and an emerging counterpart in medical training?) [PDF]
This Introduction and interview discusses the poetical and empathic insights that are a key to the effectiveness of contemporary artist Christine Borland's practice and its relevance to the medical humanities, visual art research and medical students ...
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Labyrinthine artery aneurysm as an internal auditory canal mass. [PDF]
We present the first case report of a labyrinthine artery aneurysm masquerading as an internal auditory canal tumor. A 72-year-old woman presented with sudden onset right facial paralysis, facial pain, hearing loss, and vertigo.
Brunberg, James +2 more
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A task and performance analysis of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) surgery [PDF]
BACKGROUND: ESD is an endoscopic technique for en bloc resection of gastrointestinal lesions. ESD is a widely-used in Japan and throughout Asia, but not as prevalent in Europe or the US.
Bayrak, Coskun +13 more
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Health-related quality of life, adiposity, and sedentary behavior in patients with early schizophrenia: Preliminary study [PDF]
Objective: To examine adiposity and sedentary behavior in relation to health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with early schizophrenia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used to assess adiposity by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans ...
Brar, JS, Ganguli, R, Strassnig, M
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