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Dissecting human cadavers in Islam

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Diagnostic:
A brief history of cadavers (Wikipedia)

The methods of preserving cadavers, and their acquisition, have changed over the last 200 years. Criminals that were executed for their crimes were used as the first cadavers.

The demand for cadavers increased when the amount of criminals being executed decreased.

Since corpses were in such high demand, some people decided to steal bodies from graves in order to keep the market supplied. From 1827 to 1828 in Scotland, murders were carried out, so that the bodies could be sold to medical schools for cash. These were known as the West Port murders.

Cadavers used to be used when they were fresh, but that did not always work out, and it was hard to keep them preserved. Preservation was needed in order to carry out classes and lessons about the human body.

Glutaraldehyde was the first main chemical used for embalming and preserving the body. Glutaraldehyde leaves a yellow stain in the tissues, which can interfere with observation and research.

Formaldehyde is the chemical that is used as the main embalming chemical now. It is a colorless solution that maintains the tissue in its life-like texture and can keep the body well preserved for up to six weeks.
Although cadavers used in medical training and researches but it can be used to test bullets and compare the physiological effect of bullets on bones and organs.

I think this underlined part is out of FATWA.

Diagnostic

Nomad:

--- Quote ---Formaldehyde is the chemical that is used as the main embalming chemical now. It is a colorless solution that maintains the tissue in its life-like texture and can keep the body well preserved for up to six weeks.

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The smell is horrible, often you can still smell it on your fingers 3+ hours later

Penguin:
Some schools only use pro-sections, such as Southampton..or St George's if I remember correctly...how effective are they as teaching methods?

MuslimDoc:

--- Quote from: Penguin on February 16, 2008, 06:49:40 PM ---Some schools only use pro-sections, such as Southampton..or St George's if I remember correctly...how effective are they as teaching methods?

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Dissection VS Prosections
Two matched groups of first-year preclinical medical students studied the gross anatomy of the lower limb by different methods.
One group dissected in the traditional manner (as in the existing curriculum) while the other worked according to an experimental programme which excluded dissection by students.
Preparatory study guides were supplied to the experimental group and each of their practical classes on soft tissues began with a priming session at which the structures to be encountered were introduced.
The instructor then demonstrated these structures to the group on a prosected wet specimen and bones. Thereafter, the students were allowed to handle and discuss the specimens without staff supervision.
At the end of the programme, both groups submitted to a 300-item two-choice paper and a practical test.
A debriefing questionnaire was also completed by the experimental group.
In both tests, the experimental group performed better than the traditional group and the difference was statistically significant (P less than 0.05) in the theory paper.
Further, the experimental programme was completed in about 74% of the time taken by the traditional programme.
All the participants commented positively on the experimental programme and expressed the opinion that it had helped them understand the lower limb better than dissection had done for the upper limb.
These results suggest that working from prosections is a very effective way of learning human gross anatomy.
Such a programme is worthy of consideration by departments having to contend with unfavourable student:cadaver ratios and curtailed teaching time.
MuslimDoc

Williamparkar:
The demand for cadavers increased when the amount of criminals being executed decreased.

Since corpses were in such high demand, some people decided to steal bodies from graves in order to keep the market supplied. From 1827 to 1828 in Scotland, murders were carried out, so that the bodies could be sold to medical schools for cash. These were known as the West Port murders.

Cadavers used to be used when they were fresh, but that did not always work out, and it was hard to keep them preserved. Preservation was needed in order to carry out classes and lessons about the human body.

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