From "silent teachers" to models

Roos Eisma; Tracey Wilkinson

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001971

From "silent teachers" to models

Roos Eisma (Lead / Corresponding author)
, Tracey Wilkinson

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For decades, embalmed cadavers have played an important role in teaching anatomy to the scientists and doctors of the future. Most anatomy departments use a traditional formaldehyde-based embalming method, but formalin embalming makes the bodies very rigid, which limits their usefulness for procedures other than dissection. A more recent embalming method developed by W. Thiel has allowed these "silent teachers" to take on a further role in applied anatomy research and teaching: to act as models for surgical training and medical research.

Original language	English
Article number	e1001971
Number of pages	5
Journal	PLoS Biology
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001971
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2014

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