I will never forget stepping into the cadaver lab for the first time. As the doors swung open, a sharp, sour wave of formaldehyde hit me and made my stomach churn. I pulled my thin polyester scrub ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In the 19th century, medical schools were desperate for corpses from which their students could learn. Grave robbers would sell bodies; sometimes, ...

I recently left my home in New York to move across the country and start med school at Stanford. My weeks are busy, filled with long lectures and social engagements. Although medical school is ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Medicine in the late 1840s was the “ultimate free market,” said University of Michigan history and internal medicine professor Dr. Joel Howell. Fellow university historian Brian ...

In the 19th century, medical schools were desperate for corpses from which their students could learn. Grave robbers would sell bodies; sometimes, janitors, students, or even instructors would ...