First-year students at Med School were receiving their first
anatomy class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the
surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor
started the class by telling them, “In medicine, it is necessary to have 2
important qualities as a doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by
anything involving the human body.” For an example, the Professor pulled
back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the corpse, withdrew it
and stuck it in his mouth. “Go ahead and do the same thing,” he told his
students. The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but
eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead body and
sucking on it. When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and
told them, “The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in
my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay
attention.