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Cadaver Experience : Once in a lifetime

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November 3, 2014

Muyot, Angelo Car O.


2D-PH
Studying the human body is indeed an exciting activity to do inside the classroom. But what
better way to explore it by looking at a real one, cadavers! As a student in the medical field, I
have been looking forward to my first close up experience with a cadaver. I have heard
stories,read articles; I even tried to peep into the room filled with cadavers as Medicine
students do their usual work. When my professor announced the schedule of our first cadaver
viewing activity, I could not help but feel different emotions at the same time. I was happy
because I thought of it as a step closer to my dream of becoming a doctor; I was worried that I
may not appreciate what I was about to stumble upon. But overall, I was excited, because who
would not want to see a human body preserved in a room of several other bodies with each
one ready to be studied, labeled, and pondered upon.
October 2014, the day of the visit. I could not help but to picture what we were about to see.
Finally, our laboratory instructor showed up and let us enter a room of cadavers. Without
hesitation, I followed him together with my classmates who were excited as well. We gathered
around two covered bodies. The moment of truth arrives, the instructor asked to slowly open
the body bags or whatever that covering was called. To someone who always encounters
cadavers, he/she would feel nothing. But inside me, it was a glorious moment; I was standing
by the lower extremities of the subject and slowly, after all the stories, articles, weird
imaginations, there it was, a real cadaver in front of me! I tried to recall objects it looked alike
but I spent most of the time looking at how well preserved it was and contemplating on how
generous the people who donated these bodies were. Simultaneously, the excitement inside
me gradually declined as our professor started discussing and reciting various facts about
cadavers.We were given ample time to circulate the laboratory and be able to open the other
cadavers. With every other body we uncovered, I had less and less expectations. I started to
think that if I am going to pursue my dream of becoming a doctor, then most probably I would
see cadavers every day of my life in the future, which I think is amazing. After the activity,
I would say that I had a great time. I felt lucky to be part of it because not all Thomasians have
the opportunity of this one-of-a-kind experience and I would never forget my first time seeing
not only one but so many cadavers in a day.

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