The article narrates a humorous yet intriguing anecdote about an experience with a friend's work in body preparation for medical students. The narrator describes gaining insight into anatomical studies while assisting a friend at a university, which involved handling human corpses. The unraveling tasks included extracting organs, but the pivotal moment came when the narrator had to hold a severed head, leading to an embarrassing incident that lightens a typically serious subject. This experience emphasizes both the fascination and unexpected challenges intertwined in the field of anatomy education.
A severed human head has a strange, uneven weight distribution. So, you had better hold it tight, or you'll be known as the guy who dropped the head.
...his task was to get out individual parts and organs for use by the med students later, so he removed the heart, lungs, kidneys, intestines, etc.
I was always interested in this stuff, so one evening, over a beer, he asked if I wanted to watch. Of course, I agreed.
When I picked it up, I noticed the uneven weight. As I said, it was a long time ago, but my friend still teases me about it.
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