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Paper lanterns rose into the night sky last week behind the Suter Science Center at Eastern Mennonite University. The 16 students who released them gathered to honor those who had donated their bodies to science, providing their anatomy lab with cadavers to study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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READ MORE: EMU alumni currently in medical school talk about the experience of cadaver dissection.<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cMost likely, tonight, there are people out there missing them,\u201d Professor Julia Halterman <\/strong>said, opening the memorial. But this service was very different from a funeral, she explained, as \u201cwe celebrate how we have learned from them in their death.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They only know the cadavers\u2019 first names: Anna, Jeane, Richard, and Earl. Yet several students referred to them as their \u201csilent teachers.\u201d They made surprising discoveries, in some cases \u2013 one of the men had three lobes in his left lung, making him one of just 3 percent of people with the condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caroline Lehman and Jonathan Nielsen, both students in the anatomy lab, play “Amazing Grace” during a memorial service for the cadaver donors.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Students shared reflections on and gratitude for the dissection experience.<\/a> Then they sang \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d along with classmates Caroline Lehman <\/strong>on violin and Jonathan Nielsen<\/strong> on baritone saxophone, before trekking out into the cold to release the lanterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer sacrifice allowed me to learn and grow,\u201d one student reflected. \u201cI pray that you all rest peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn so many classes, we just learn the theoretical concepts,\u201d another said. He enjoyed getting to \u201cpass on\u201d the gift of his donor\u2019s sacrifice by leading prosections with underclassmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another was thankful that someone would choose \u201cfor a student somewhere to get to experience this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students singing “How Great Thou Art” a cappella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Krystalee Revanna<\/strong>, a second-year graduate student in the MS in Biomedicine program, helped organize the memorial service. A teaching assistant for the anatomy classes, she is also a leader of EMU\u2019s Pre-Students of Osteopathic Medicine Club, which hosted a suture clinic immediately prior to the service. In one of their last interactions with the cadavers this semester, students practiced suturing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHonoring our donors for the first time was a special experience,\u201d Ravenna said. \u201cI hope this is a tribute that continues long after I graduate. Having students tell me they now feel closure truly touched me. Our donors gave us a learning opportunity in the lab, but more importantly, they taught us the importance of humility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students helped one another light the lanterns in the field behind the science center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The anatomy lab is only offered in the fall. The cadavers will remain at EMU through the spring semester, to be used by neuropsychology and lower-level anatomy and physiology students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their bodies would then be transported to Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg  for cremation, and their ashes sent to the donors\u2019 families, Halterman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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