Memorial Service

今天是anatomy的merorial service,意在向捐献遗体的人表达我们的感谢。

很多美国人都穿了很正式的服装。每人发了一朵花一枝蜡烛。与往日明亮的解剖室不同,今天Dr. Gehrke特地把灯开得非常暗,"I dimmed the room just to make it more respectful"。

每个dissection group围着解剖台站立,手里持花和蜡烛,灯光昏暗,现场一片寂静。同组的一个美国人没来,只剩我和另外一个。于是我们两个开始回忆三个月来我们在这具cadaver上所学到的种种东西,我说我们甚至从未知道她的名字,同组说我们可以给她取一个,比较古老的一点,Margerette之类的。然后开始猜测她的年龄,开始回忆解剖过程中发现的她的种种病情,开始为让cadaver染上mold而不得不锯去大部分而惋惜。

将花留在cadaver上之后,大家集中在一处。Dr. Gehrke先说我们为什么在这样一个地方举行memorial service,我努力记住他的每一句话,可惜还是忘记得很快,只依稀记得他说This is a place that we have stayed together and devoted so much time to…一个学生特地准备了一段小提琴独奏,琴声悠扬,在解剖室内估计要三日不绝了。Dr. Gehrke读了几段捐赠者以及亲属的赠言,方知道尸体中有二战的美国老兵,打过诺曼底,在缅甸对抗过日军(还特地强调fight with Chinese),还有一位老太太生前是nurse,她在病床上还写了一大段话,印象最深的就是最后一句了,"After I die, I’m going to Harvard"。一种sense of humor,但是却让人在会心一笑之后肃然起敬。还有人朗诵了我几乎听不懂的诗,"Ritual of my leg“。。。还有人唱了我完全听不懂的歌。

短短30分钟的纪念活动,很有感觉。Science的冷静加上人情的温暖,才是一个完整的世界。

With deep respect and appreciation.
To our beloved body donors.

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6 条 Memorial Service 的回复

  1. mo says:

    will you donate?

  2. Aidy says:

    That\’s a good question. I think it may take me some time to think about that and hopefully that time will not arrive too soon. At least now I believe that one who benefits from those donors should be willing to donate his own too.
     
    However, one thing for sure is, whatever decision I make finally for whatever reason, my respect for them will always hold.

  3. 原子能兔兔 says:

    呵呵,ms是第一次在这里发言啊~
    悠扬的小提琴声回荡在解剖室一定很有感觉.
    By the way,我们在不久的将来也要开始学习解剖了,就在下学期,期待~
     
    祝好
    longear

  4. Chang says:

    我死了以后,把我埋在一棵树下面。

  5. Aidy says:

    不许死

  6. Maggie says:

    what a special ceremony. 很有感觉得说
    Happy New Year! 祝老  不死。。 :)

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