Dissection

Medical students are forced to change their perceptions of the dead. There is a human instinct that must be overcome to stick knives and fingers into human flesh

“Anatomy of the heart; And she had a heart!; Autopsy” by Enrique Simonet, 1890, via Museum of Málaga, Málaga, Spain/Wikimedia Commons/public domain

By Meehan Crist

The face lies exposed under fluorescent lights as expert hands place the edge of a serrated blade against its forehead. (Do they call…