Experiences of a Surgeon
Yet all was not uniform in the world of science. Here, an article published anonymously in 1835, is presumably written by a surgeon, describing daily life in the medical field. The excerpted section highlights the student's reaction to the "dark body" found in the operating room. This writer seems to identify more with the social taboo surrounding the usage of bodies as objects for science, falling back on more gothic and suspense narratives to tell his story.