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.”