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The cadaver is not dead

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I strive that in public dissection the students do as much as possible so that if even the least trained of them must dissect a cadaver before a group of spectators, he will be able to perform it accurately with his own hands; and by comparing their studies one with another they will properly understand, this part of medicine.—Andreas Vesalius

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  1. Department of Urogynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    Fadi-Tamas Salameh & Barry A. O’Reilly

  2. ASSERT Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Barry A. O’Reilly

  3. Division of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, 279 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Joy Y. Balta

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Salameh, FT., O’Reilly, B.A. & Balta, J.Y. The cadaver is not dead. Anat Sci Int 95, 571–572 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-020-00534-2

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