Posts from the ‘Body and Soul’ category

Hamilton, Ontario, July 27,2015 Family Internment of Rosa Parry's ashes at Hamilton Cemetery. Parry left her body to science when she died in her 90's. In this photo John Parry Rosa's nephew , far right, leads the family in a prayer. Cathie Coward / Hamilton Spectator

Body and Soul: Teaching from the dead

Those who donate their bodies to science are critical to McMaster’s Education Program in Anatomy. Most of those who come to the lab as cadavers –…

Neurovascular surgical residents gather in McMaster’s anatomy lab to practice treating pituitary tumours in the brain. A camera is inserted through the cadaver’s nasal cavity, and images shown on a monitor. Photo by Cathie Coward/Hamilton Spectator

Body and Soul: The machine

Dissection in the anatomy lab at McMaster is an intense learning experience. The soul is not part of the curriculum, but spiritual notions infuse the annual…

Body and Soul: What we come to

Students from a variety of medical programs work together on cadavers in the anatomy lab at McMaster University. The students compare and exchange knowledge they bring…