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Me and my cadaver

Medical students use artworks to share the life (and death) lessons they learn in the dissection course gross anatomy

'First Year Med Student Meets Cadaver,' anonymous artist, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 1993 "First Year Med Student Meets Cadaver," anonymous artist, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 1993
By Tara Ballenger
Globe Correspondent / August 17, 2009

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In January, Elizabeth Baltaro stood over her first real patient. With scalpel in hand, Baltaro took a deep breath, readying herself to cut into human skin for the first time. She tried to forget that her patient was dead. (Full article: 971 words)

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