Respect the Dead, C1D1T1
I don’t know who these guys are, but posting a practical joke involving a cadaver with a full view of the face is incredibly unprofessional. As a former anatomy TA, I know I’ve had my share of laughs in the dissecting lab, but it was among classmates in a closed setting, not posted on the Internet for all to see.
If that was my father, brother, or friend, I think I’d be pretty pissed. Those that donate their bodies give us the privelege of using them to learn, not for the whole world to see us play around with.
I couldn’t agree more. Humor in the dissecting lab is inevitable, but respect for the deceased should never be far from the minds of students. Medical school instructors would be wise to remember this as well. The first day of anatomy lab had one instructor walk over to our table, hack off the left breast of our cadaver and pitch it into the closest trash can with a comment not worth repeating. Instructors need to remember that they are setting an example for their students. Everyone should keep in mind the privilege it is to learn anatomy from a real human body, and that this person was someone’s loved one in life.
_If_ that is a cadaver (too poor quality of the movie to say for certain) those guys deserve nothing but a swift kick in the pah-toot from their employer, educational facility or whatever.