why wy?

Today in dissection what we did would have made mortal kombat veterans proud. Yes, we ripped out the spinal cord. And we did it the old-fashioned way, with what looked like a wire cutter plier thingy, no electric saws.  It was all right, but the crunch crunch as we got rid of the bone was a little upsetting.

There was an article in the papers today, about a surgeon who was practising in intensive care even though he had lost most of his vision after heavy bleeding. He was legally blind, and admitted that he saw the world through a "heavy black curtain", although his sight did improve until it was a "fine, black curtain". I guess when they say they can perform operations with their eyes closed, they weren't kidding.