On a recent afternoon in the refrigeration room at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, the temperature was a stabilizing 36 degrees. About a dozen cooled bodies, wrapped in plastic plus ...

In 44 patients with suspected dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, an aortographic diagnosis of dissection, based on the demonstration of a narrowed true lumen and of a false channel, was made in 23.

Thousands of fitness professionals and massage therapists have participated in cadaver workshops. They say it makes them more effective at their jobs. Students dissecting a donor body at a workshop in ...

Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DCS) and perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (PCAS) represent chronic, inflammatory dermatoses that primarily affect the scalp, often leading to ...

THE incidence of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta is higher than is usually realized, since it is found at about 1 of 500 autopsies. 1 With increased accuracy in diagnosis more cases of acute ...

When I walked into the first day of Life Sci 2 lab, I was hit with the smell of formaldehyde. Its strong, sticky vapor blanketed my nose. I tried to play it cool, so I pulled out a stool next to a lab ...