g HUMAN DISSECTION. ITS DRAMA AND STRUGGLE 



corded, but in terms of its drama and struggle to maintain its 

 place in the hierarchy of subjects taught in medical schools. 

 Much of it revolves around the procurement of cadavers, a prob- 

 lem which is universally becoming more and more acute. It is 

 the story of two great opposing and divided, human forces, neither 

 one of which has been able to win a total victory. 



In spite of the highly adverse conditions encountered in un- 

 raveling and revealing the gross structure of man, the accomplish- 

 ment has been worthwhile. This, more than other factors, has 

 gone a long way toward neutralizing superstition, uncertainty 

 and mysticism in medicine. 



