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The Press Herald also spoke with second year 新香港六合彩资料 medical student Sarae Sager (COM, , who spoke at the annual memorial service the university holds for the families of anatomical donors. She said she and her classmates appreciate the donations and become emotionally attached to the cadavers they work with. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really important. The bookwork doesn鈥檛 do it justice,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t gives you further appreciation of how complex the human body really is, and how much we still have to learn about it.鈥
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