The Biology Thread

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fetal pig was all right. I didn't really like cutting open its face, but its guts were not too bad and very interesting. I imagine a human cadaver is going to be extremely disturbing, but I'll get over it.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The fetal pig was all right. I didn't really like cutting open its face, but its guts were not too bad and very interesting. I imagine a human cadaver is going to be extremely disturbing, but I'll get over it.

Jesus, I hope I don't have to do that any time soon. That would wig me out big time. The idea that I might though, is good preparation in case that I do end up having to.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fetal pig was all right. I didn't really like cutting open its face, but its guts were not too bad and very interesting. I imagine a human cadaver is going to be extremely disturbing, but I'll get over it.

Jesus, I hope I don't have to do that any time soon. That would wig me out big time. The idea that I might though, is good preparation in case that I do end up having to.

You really don't have to unless you're applying to medical school. I'm taking A&P because it makes the most sense for what I want to do, plus it gives me that option if I decide to go that route, but even for an organismal bio degree here it's optional and it's not part of the general or molecular tracks at all.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

The fetal pig was all right. I didn't really like cutting open its face, but its guts were not too bad and very interesting. I imagine a human cadaver is going to be extremely disturbing, but I'll get over it.

Jesus, I hope I don't have to do that any time soon. That would wig me out big time. The idea that I might though, is good preparation in case that I do end up having to.

You really don't have to unless you're applying to medical school. I'm taking A&P because it makes the most sense for what I want to do, plus it gives me that option if I decide to go that route, but even for an organismal bio degree here it's optional and it's not part of the general or molecular tracks at all.

The mysterious potentially career producing question I asked is microbiological in nature. So that's good. I'll probably be able to avoid it entirely.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The fetal pig was all right. I didn't really like cutting open its face, but its guts were not too bad and very interesting. I imagine a human cadaver is going to be extremely disturbing, but I'll get over it.

Jesus, I hope I don't have to do that any time soon. That would wig me out big time. The idea that I might though, is good preparation in case that I do end up having to.

You really don't have to unless you're applying to medical school. I'm taking A&P because it makes the most sense for what I want to do, plus it gives me that option if I decide to go that route, but even for an organismal bio degree here it's optional and it's not part of the general or molecular tracks at all.

The mysterious potentially career producing question I asked is microbiological in nature. So that's good. I'll probably be able to avoid it entirely.

I think that basically the only people who really have to take A&P at all are those going into medical fields, and even within that subgroup you only have to take the cadaver lab if you're planning on med school or human organismal research.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's going to be weird, though. The whole cadaver thing. Three terms with the same cadaver... I imagine I'll get to know it really well. I might go a little strange for a while, I'm not sure how hanging out with and cutting apart a human corpse every other day for most of a year is going to affect my psyche.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

It's going to be weird, though. The whole cadaver thing. Three terms with the same cadaver... I imagine I'll get to know it really well. I might go a little strange for a while, I'm not sure how hanging out with and cutting apart a human corpse every other day for most of a year is going to affect my psyche.

I'd probably start fretting over things that are irrelevant, like who s/he was, what did s/he do for a living, why did s/he decide to give their body over to be cut up by students, all that. It doesn't sound easy.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's going to be weird, though. The whole cadaver thing. Three terms with the same cadaver... I imagine I'll get to know it really well. I might go a little strange for a while, I'm not sure how hanging out with and cutting apart a human corpse every other day for most of a year is going to affect my psyche.

I'd probably start fretting over things that are irrelevant, like who s/he was, what did s/he do for a living, why did s/he decide to give their body over to be cut up by students, all that. It doesn't sound easy.

Oh, I'll probably have a whole imaginary backstory with a personality and a name made up for them by the end of the first week. Good times.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

It's going to be weird, though. The whole cadaver thing. Three terms with the same cadaver... I imagine I'll get to know it really well. I might go a little strange for a while, I'm not sure how hanging out with and cutting apart a human corpse every other day for most of a year is going to affect my psyche.

I'd probably start fretting over things that are irrelevant, like who s/he was, what did s/he do for a living, why did s/he decide to give their body over to be cut up by students, all that. It doesn't sound easy.

Oh, I'll probably have a whole imaginary backstory with a personality and a name made up for them by the end of the first week. Good times.

Go sordid or go home.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Take some comfort in the fact* that most people who do human cadaver training don't go completely bugfuck



* this is a fact, right? 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Take some comfort in the fact* that most people who do human cadaver training don't go completely bugfuck



* this is a fact, right? 

You better hope so.

This would include all of your medical assistance.





You're probably fine. Detachment happens after enough exposure. After a month Nigel probably won't really give a shit about corpses.

[minuspace]

Take some comfort in the fact* that most people who do human cadaver training don't go completely bugfuck



* this is a fact, right? 

You better hope so.

This would include all of your medical assistance.





You're probably fine. Detachment happens after enough exposure. After a month Nigel probably won't really give a shit about corpses.

A side-show comic once told me that giving them names helps with distance-standing, objectifying the subject and such.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Take some comfort in the fact* that most people who do human cadaver training don't go completely bugfuck



* this is a fact, right? 

You better hope so.

This would include all of your medical assistance.





You're probably fine. Detachment happens after enough exposure. After a month Nigel probably won't really give a shit about corpses.

A side-show comic once told me that giving them names helps with distance-standing, objectifying the subject and such.

That's actually pretty interesting.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's going to be weird, though. The whole cadaver thing. Three terms with the same cadaver... I imagine I'll get to know it really well. I might go a little strange for a while, I'm not sure how hanging out with and cutting apart a human corpse every other day for most of a year is going to affect my psyche.

I'd probably start fretting over things that are irrelevant, like who s/he was, what did s/he do for a living, why did s/he decide to give their body over to be cut up by students, all that. It doesn't sound easy.

Oh, I'll probably have a whole imaginary backstory with a personality and a name made up for them by the end of the first week. Good times.

Go sordid or go home.

No, I wouldn't do that. The cadaver was once a person, who made the decision to donate their body to science. That's a generous act that most people don't do, and is highly deserving of respect. Even though the person is dead, their body is deserving of being treated with utmost respect out of deference to the gift of the donor. If they respected us enough to leave us their body, we need to return that respect.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Take some comfort in the fact* that most people who do human cadaver training don't go completely bugfuck



* this is a fact, right? 

Yes, it'll be fine.