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Actually, what I find to be the most "archaeic practice" of all is people not spaying or neutering their cats, therefore creating an overabundance of them. I'm glad that there is at least an outlet for that poor animal to benefit science, and not to have just died in vain. There is no cruelty done to the animal on the part of the teacher or student. The cruelty occurred when back when that animals' parents were allowed to mate and produce offspring.
As a nurse, I can assure you that skinning a cat was actually quite helpful for me to begin to learn how to become a nurse. It was the first really distasteful, awful thing that I had to do. And let me tell you, I have often told myself since then "If I can skin a cat, then I can do xyz." Plus the whole ANATOMY part of the dissection really helps put together what you learn in the lecture portion of class. And that is the point of cat dissection- to study the anatomy and physiology of the body. Other than the reproductive organs, things look pretty similar inside to the human body. Of course this is EXTREMELY important to the study of nursing.
Human cadavers aren't that easy to come by, and are much more expensive. Unless you go to a large school, you probably won't have the opportunity to use them, and they would likely be saved for more advanced studies.
Actually, what I find to be the most "archaeic practice" of all is people not spaying or neutering their cats, therefore creating an overabundance of them. I'm glad that there is at least an outlet for that poor animal to benefit science, and not to have just died in vain. There is no cruelty done to the animal on the part of the teacher or student. The cruelty occurred when back when that animals' parents were allowed to mate and produce offspring.
As a nurse, I can assure you that skinning a cat was actually quite helpful for me to begin to learn how to become a nurse. It was the first really distasteful, awful thing that I had to do. And let me tell you, I have often told myself since then "If I can skin a cat, then I can do xyz." Plus the whole ANATOMY part of the dissection really helps put together what you learn in the lecture portion of class. And that is the point of cat dissection- to study the anatomy and physiology of the body. Other than the reproductive organs, things look pretty similar inside to the human body. Of course this is EXTREMELY important to the study of nursing.
Human cadavers aren't that easy to come by, and are much more expensive. Unless you go to a large school, you probably won't have the opportunity to use them, and they would likely be saved for more advanced studies.
