Who wants to be a future cadaver?

[little_late_MD]

I'm a first year medical student, and before one of our anatomy practicals, the second year students were holding a review. One second year student stood at a cadaver and pointed to different structures, asking students to name them round robin style. As she was asking questions, she was grasping the cadaver's penis and pointing it at people to call on them.

In my opinion, this action was in good taste. In fact, it was hilarious.

Only living conscious beings should be treated with respect. The very concept of respect is absurd when it is obscured from the emotions of a conscious being. Indeed, disrespect is intuitively associated with offense and other negative emotional reactions.

As for the issue of a soul, I challenge any of you to provide good evidence against philosophical monism.

As for my cadaver: Harvest it for organs, chop it up for fun/education, laugh at its irregularities, cook and eat it, ass-rape it, skull **** it, film it in bukake porn...do whatever you'd like. Just get some good use out of it.

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[lorelei]

Obviously if I'm unfortunate enough to die while my organs are still usable, I want them to be donated.

If I can't donate organs, I think the decision will be up to my family, since they're the only ones who will care what happens to my body after I'm dead. I actually hate the idea of being embalmed; being buried in a plain wood box and left for the worms sounds best to me. But I also like the idea of donating my body and contributing to scientific progress, and since after I'm dead I won't care, I think that would be my choice.

However, it's possible that my loved ones would care - while I don't have a problem with what's done to the bodies in dissection, and it won't be me anymore anyway, they might feel differently about it. And the feelings of my loved ones are more important to me than either my thoughts on a nice way to go or the marginal contribution my body would make to the body of knowledge. So I've made my preferences known. That way if my family feels like they'd be most comforted by carrying out my wishes, they can donate my body. If they can't decide between that and keeping my body whole, they can bury me unembalmed. And if it's important to them to have the fancy open-casket funeral, they're welcome to do that too.

 

[letmein!please?]

Have you looked at his pic? I'd totally let him near my live body - alas, I have that pesky Y chromosome.

Uh, you mean X chromosome, right?

 

[Flopotomist]

Uh, you mean X chromosome, right?

uhm - no.

 

[letmein!please?]

uhm - no.

Uh, but only men have Y chromosomes...And I'm assuming your a woman from what you said...unless... Whatever, not important.

 

[synapse lapse]

Uh, but only men have Y chromosomes...And I'm assuming your a woman from what you said...unless... Whatever, not important.

I think Flop is gay if I remember right.

 

[WhatUpDoc!]

I'm a first year medical student, and before one of our anatomy practicals, the second year students were holding a review. One second year student stood at a cadaver and pointed to different structures, asking students to name them round robin style. As she was asking questions, she was grasping the cadaver's penis and pointing it at people to call on them.

OMG, totally LMAO in front of like 50 people in the computer lab The mental image... has me doubled over... I need air

 

[MoosePilot]

Uh, but only men have Y chromosomes...And I'm assuming your a woman from what you said...unless... Whatever, not important.

My. How ackward I suddenly feel.



Kidding, I don't feel awkward at all, but it's fun to watch someone else put foot in mouth by accident (cause it's usually me and this time it's not!!)

 

[QofQuimica]

Uh, but only men have Y chromosomes...And I'm assuming your a woman from what you said...unless... Whatever, not important.

He's a gay guy.

 

[unfrozencaveman]

All I know is one day I am getting into Harvard med, no matter what it takes. I'm thinking my best bet is as a cadaver.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

All I know is one day I am getting into Harvard med, no matter what it takes. I'm thinking my best bet is as a cadaver.

can you request a specific school to go to as a cadaver?

 

[letmein!please?]

Haha, this brings new meaning to the phrase, "dead or alive"

He's a gay guy.

Oh ok..."pesky"...i get it, i think..

 

[WhoisJohnGalt]

Uh, you mean X chromosome, right?

Above and beyond the hilarious awkwardness involved in this comment, you'd think that anyone posting on a med student forum would realize you'd be dead without an X chromosome...

 

[rockdoc]

Hello, creepy boy. Are you trying to be Ironic? I can't tell. Either way, too bad I can't SELECT who I'd give my body to. Because if I had a choice: you, and just you, would not go near it. Not that I'd care about all the above nasty stuff you suggest, (three of which involve sex...hmmm). But I'd like to keep as many social gorillas out of the medical profession as possible. God forbid I was reincarnated and you, crazy creepo, became my new doc

'Psychofreak' was the nickname I kept repeating in my head... but 'crazy creepo' does the job, too.

 

[Gregg]

Have you looked at his pic? I'd totally let him near my live body - alas, I have that pesky Y chromosome.

Flotpotomist, I'm totally with you on that one. I think that my freak out Callogician a wee bit, but he's in Philly, he can handle himself.
Oh, and I love the slow-on-the-uptake med students after 4 months of school.
As to the whole cadaver issue: the first day of anatomy lab I decided that I needed to work out more 'cuz I was not donating my body in the same shape as 98% of the cadavers I saw. I want to be the "hot guy" cadaver when I'm getting cut up. I love the tattoo idea, too.
Plus, in my will, I'm providing for a party for the med students when they complete their first year. I figure they can announce that the party was sponsored by "cadaver #27 - you know, the 'hot guy'."
I've always had a sick sense of humor.

 

[yellowcat322]

Flotpotomist, I'm totally with you on that one. I think that my freak out Callogician a wee bit, but he's in Philly, he can handle himself.
Oh, and I love the slow-on-the-uptake med students after 4 months of school.
As to the whole cadaver issue: the first day of anatomy lab I decided that I needed to work out more 'cuz I was not donating my body in the same shape as 98% of the cadavers I saw. I want to be the "hot guy" cadaver when I'm getting cut up. I love the tattoo idea, too.
Plus, in my will, I'm providing for a party for the med students when they complete their first year. I figure they can announce that the party was sponsored by "cadaver #27 - you know, the 'hot guy'."
I've always had a sick sense of humor.

Hmm, I wonder what kind of psychological damage it would inflict on a med student to find their anatomy cadaver hot. It's one thing to be grateful for not having to cut trough a load of fat in your cadaver and another thing entirely to be attracted to a body in the process of slow dismemberment. (creeeeepy)

 

[Psycho Doctor]

He's a gay guy.

what did he say to make people think he was a girl or that being gay was significant?

 

[Simonster]

As to the whole cadaver issue: the first day of anatomy lab I decided that I needed to work out more 'cuz I was not donating my body in the same shape as 98% of the cadavers I saw.

Nothing like searching hopelessly through loads of fat to make you hit the gym. I've been working out like a madwoman since starting anatomy.
Could this be the next exercise craze?

Oh, and I'm stealing your party idea. It's fabulous.

 

[Flopotomist]

Flotpotomist, I'm totally with you on that one. I think that my freak out Callogician a wee bit, but he's in Philly, he can handle himself.

I don't get why a little freakishly obsessive borderline stalking behavior bothers people. I mean geesh - you crawl up a tree to stare at them through their bedroom window ONE TIME and they go all "restraining order" on you. BTW, does SDN count as 200 yards?

 

[PiccoloPlaya82]

I'll donate my body to medical research gladly, but not sure about the cadaver part. Personally I'd like to die with my pelvis and perineum in one peice

 

[QofQuimica]

All I know is one day I am getting into Harvard med, no matter what it takes. I'm thinking my best bet is as a cadaver.

 

[QofQuimica]

what did he say to make people think he was a girl or that being gay was significant?

Read the above posts. He was commenting about Callogician.

 

[Gregg]

Hmm, I wonder what kind of psychological damage it would inflict on a med student to find their anatomy cadaver hot. It's one thing to be grateful for not having to cut trough a load of fat in your cadaver and another thing entirely to be attracted to a body in the process of slow dismemberment. (creeeeepy)

OK, maybe I phrased that wrong: I don't want to be the hot (gee, I'm strangely attracted to my cadaver) guy, just the hot (damn, great shape for an old guy) guy. Maybe I should say fit guy, but that doesn't sound as cool.
On a side note: My career aspiration is to teach at a medical school. Should I donate my body to the same school and risk freaking out anyone that may have known me or go to another school somewhere else and not get the freakout opportunity?

 

[Gregg]

I don't get why a little freakishly obsessive borderline stalking behavior bothers people. I mean geesh - you crawl up a tree to stare at them through their bedroom window ONE TIME and they go all "restraining order" on you. BTW, does SDN count as 200 yards?

Geez, what is up with all the restraining orders these days? I'm prohibited from posting on the school bulletin board if any of three of my classmates have posted within the last 24 hours (hi, Kubed!). No sense of humor on these guys.
200 yards is in the eye of the beholder. Thus, if the object of your fascination does not know you are there then you are more than 200 yards. Or post under a different name...
Not that I advocate stalking. Often.

 

[blkkd]

I'm a first year medical student, and before one of our anatomy practicals, the second year students were holding a review. One second year student stood at a cadaver and pointed to different structures, asking students to name them round robin style. As she was asking questions, she was grasping the cadaver's penis and pointing it at people to call on them.

In my opinion, this action was in good taste. In fact, it was hilarious.

Only living conscious beings should be treated with respect. The very concept of respect is absurd when it is obscured from the emotions of a conscious being. Indeed, disrespect is intuitively associated with offense and other negative emotional reactions.

As for the issue of a soul, I challenge any of you to provide good evidence against philosophical monism.

As for my cadaver: Harvest it for organs, chop it up for fun/education, laugh at its irregularities, cook and eat it, ass-rape it, skull **** it, film it in bukake porn...do whatever you'd like. Just get some good use out of it.

Someone listens to David Cross...*whistles*

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Read the above posts. He was commenting about Callogician.

yes i see it now, some people will use any opportunity...

 

[run4boston]

Inserting the tampons into the backside isn't being disrespectful. It is actually being respectful in a way because it prevents the cadaver from "leaking" any substances.

you guys did that too...

 

[Fed Meat]

If I donate my body, I'm getting a giant sheet tattooed all over my body before they get it. I want to be Monsieur Netter beyond the grave.

 

[boilerbeast]

I think I'd make an excellent prosection cadaver...for the fourth-year TAs to dissect. I'm not obese and have pretty good muscle tone and I'd try to take a big **** before I died, just to make those abdomen dissections a little easier. I'd be a little uneasy about some overzealous first-years going crazy with bone saws and mallets. Besides, we all learned more from the prosections, anyway...

But...I don't think you can specify. Hmm.

random thoughts of the night.

 

[Callogician]

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[Brainsucker]

I'm still planning on donating, but that could change. If I'm going to get chopped into lots of little pieces, I want the med students to do a thorough job of it and learn as much as they can from me. I'm afraid that less and less time is getting spent on anatomy at various schools, so this is going to be increasingly rare. In any case, I'll be careful to be specific about the school I'm donating to and that I want to be cut up by med. students. (I really don't think a dental kid needs to see my liver all that much.)