Tuesday, December 30, 2008

How important is it that we study the dead in order to find ways to increase the length of our lives? Are there other means, in your opinion, of ways to study the anatomy of human bodies without dissecting the deceased?

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  1. Gee Aaron- why am I the only one commenting? Your precis posts still are not long and detailed enough or perhaps you are not reading as critically as you should. To help you, select a quote as part of your response to help anchor all or a part of your response. To answer your question, not only do I think it is necessry to use human cadavers (if donated), there is a segment of the text in which Roach and the doctors she interviews express the desire fore more medical residents to have the opportunity to practice on cadavers rather than learning surgery "on the job". She then provides a brief history of the medical advances of surgery including anesthesia.

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  2. 1. Since they are already dead then they could be used without (in an unsympathic way) harming anyone.
    2. There's technology, such as, 3-D models that could be used rather that cadavers, but it wouldn't neccessairly(sp?) be more sufficent than the real thing.

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  3. 1) I think its very important, much like history, we study the cadavers to find what ended there lives, doctors practice to perfect their surgical skills, companies use them for dummies, i mean, theres a vehemont amount of things that can be done with cadavers to benefit mankind.

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