by Nathan Hershberger
Image Source: Un Chein Andalou / Luis Buñel
Come one, come all! Don't miss the show tonight!
Come see The Great Dissector live at nine!
Come marvel as he deftly shines his light!
Come have exposed your pulp beneath the rind!
Come in! The stage is set and crowd advised,
"Sit back, relax, distract not this display."
So give your name, and thus you're etherized.
Incision starts, "what brought you in today?"
Be still! His hand is firm, his voice will ease,
As layer by layer his probe moves deeper in
To find the germ and excise your disease.
His act is called: The Art of Medicine.
So come! The crowd awaits another case,
And fear not, my friend, we'll soon forget your face.
Nathan Hershberger is a second-year medical student at UTCOMLS.
