Cadavers honored in med student dissection lab

According to the recent article I read indicated that when medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honor these bodies donated to science. The ceremonies at one medical school have a surreal twist, Relatives gather around the cold steel tables where their loved ones were dissected and which now hold their remains beneath metal covers. The tables are topped with white or burgundy-colored shrouds, flags for military veterans, flowers and candles. medical students join the families in the lab and read letters of appreciation about the donors, a clergy member offers prayers, and tears are shed. At other medical schools, donated bodies remain anonymous and students never meet the families. The education these donated bodies have provided is invaluable. They look at it as a celebration of the lives of those individuals and the gift that they have given to us