WILTIMS #120: They did what now?

A page from "The Anatomical Basis of
Medical Practice" (red added by me)

One of the fun quirks of the neuro block is that we get frequent guest lectures by neurosurgeons. This is a rarefied group of lecturers than solicit the attention of medical students faster than a drill sergeant at basic training. They are psychotically confident, they always have the most ridiculous videos, and they only present the positive-outcome cases so they seem like heroes. That said, after watching them in the neurosurgery conferences a few times, I think being half an auditorium away is probably the best distance.

TIL: An anatomy book was released in 1971 that used Playboy-style pictures of women to show surface anatomy. It was so offensive that I honestly could have believed that our chancellor was just messing with us. The authors were doctors at Duke that wanted to make anatomy more approachable... and since most med students at the time were men they thought misogynistic writing and salacious pictures would be an improvement. Thankfully it did not get a second printing.