First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet School were
receiving their first anatomy class, with a real dead cow.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body
covered with a white sheet.


The professor started the class by telling them, "In vet
medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as
a doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything
involving the animal body."

For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck
his finger in the butt of the dead cow, withdrew it and
stuck it in his mouth. "Go ahead and do the same thing," he
told his students . The students freaked out, hesitated for
several minutes. But eventually took turns sticking a finger
in the [censored] opening of the dead cow and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and
told them, "The second most important quality is
observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my
index finger. Now learn to pay attention."