Lesson For Medical Students
First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet school were receiving their first
anatomy class, with a dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery table
with the body covered with a white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, 'In Veterinary Medicine
it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is
that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal body.'
For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in
the butt of the dead cow, 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 anal opening of the
dead cow 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. Life's
tough, it's even tougher, if you're stupid.'
