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Asked by the best likes bats to Melissa, Jonathan on 26 Apr 2016.
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Jonathan Jackson answered on 26 Apr 2016:
I don’t do any surgeries, but you might ask Kellie whether she does with any regularity! I do get to see real-life brains on a frequent basis, however. They’re squishy and not quite as pink as you’d expect.
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Melissa Wilson Sayres answered on 26 Apr 2016:
I don’t see brains! But, I do look at computer guts sometimes – swapping out hardware. Does that count?
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Kellie commented on :
Hi “the best”,
I saw your question and Jonathan’s suggestion that I reply. For my animal research we used to remove all the brains of our rats so I saw and dissected many of those. In medical school early on we dissected real preserved brains of people that donated their bodies to science after they died. As far as patients- while on surgery and anesthesia I have seen quite a few open brain surgeries. I am still amazed at how cool it looks in a real life live person. It throbs with the heart beat which is really cool to see. Science and medicine is pretty awesome!