> > > First-year students at the University of Kansas
> > > Medical 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 started the class by telling them,
> > > "In medicine, it is necessary to have two important
> > > qualities as a doctor: the first is that you not be
> > > disgusted by anything involving the human body." For
> > > an example the professor pulled back the sheet,
> > > stuck his finger in the butt 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 told them,
> > >
> > > "The second most important quality is observation.
> > > I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index
> > > finger. "Now learn to pay attention."