> 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 began the lecture by telling them: "In medicine, it is > necessary to possess two important qualities as a doctor: The first is > that you not be disgusted by anything involving the human body." To > illustrate, he pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the anus 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 said, "The second > most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and > sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention! > >
