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University Daily Kansan, September 22, 1982
Climate likely cause of decay of KU cadavers, professor savs
By JEANNE FOY Staff Reporter
The summer heat and humidity is probably responsible for the faster-than-ual decay of KU anatomy lab cadavers, a University of Kansas Medical Center professor of anatomy said yesterday.
And two KU human anatomy lab instructors, John Neas and Becky Pyles, said the cadavers were not well preserved this semester and had an unusually high amount of fungus on them.
The University buys its cadavers
from the Med Center for $300 each.
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Melvin Mohn, professor of anatomy at the Med Center, said mold on cadavers was a constant problem for medical schools throughout the United States. He said the current problem of the anatomy lab on KU's main campus could be the result of climatic conditions.
"Once it's started, it hard to get rid of it and stop further growth. You can't stop it."
NEAS AND PYLES said, however,
they suspected a different embalming fluid being used this year to preserve
the bones for the poor condition of the cadavers.
Mohn said a different fluid was used because of its lower cost, easier use and better distribution of preservatives in the body.
Ray Hassig, anatomical technician for the Med Center, said the new embalming fluid had the same bacteria-killing properties as the old
But the different embalming fluid does not seem to preserve the bodies of the fetus.
Some of the six cadavers used in the
lab had fungus everywhere, Pyles said. She said they had tried to return one cadaver to the Med Center, but it was not accented.
PYLES SAID, "They cleaned it and gave it back to us.
"It'd be very hard to say that climatic conditions didn't have an effect. We've had problems in the past which were quite as early in the semester or as bad."
The anatomy lab has at least six or eight air conditioners running all the time. Pyles said, which lessen the cost of energy and did not radically responsible for the fungus growth.
Mohn said the Med Center was not having any problems with its cadavers. Neas said the Med Center cadavers were kept immersed in embalming fluid, but the six cadavers in the lab at KU were kept in body bags.
Kansas State University, which also obtains its cadavers from the Med Center, has had no problems with the quality of its cadavers in recent semesters, said Ann Smith, professor of anatomy at K-State.
IN THE PAST, though, she said, some cadavers had not been preserved well. One had to be returned to the Med Center because its internal tissues were rotting to such an extent that no one could enter the room where it was kept, she said. Smith said the Med Center replaced the cadaver.
Smith said K-State presently had two cadavers, one preserved with the old embalming fluid and one with the new. She said she had not noticed any difference between the two but had not done much work on either of them yet.
Hassig said the mold was normal for certain times of the year and could be taken care of quickly by treating it with the proper chemicals.
treated repeatedly, but the fungus kept reappearing.
Neas said, "The preservation of the body lends it to that. Mold doesn't seek an environment that's not hospitable to it."
PYLES SAID stronger chemicals could not be used when students were permitted to work on the cadavers. As it is, she said, students now are required to wear gloves to guard against possible infections if they are
"We don't know what type of fungus it is," Yles said.
Lab assistant Spencer Brown said of the fungus, "It detracts from students' learning. They don't want to work with the bodies."
Neas said the new embalming fluid had some advantages. The new fluid has protein-dissolving properties that allow the embalmer to add more flexibility in the joints, he said.
Neas said the cadavers had been
IT ALSO BLEACHES the cadavers' skin, making them more life-like, he said, but the muscles are not firm enough to provide proper dissection.
The commercial embalming fluid being used now is not an volatile or poisonous substance.
"Too soft a structure is too hard to dissect. Things break easily. Dissections go downhill." Pyles said.
But Pyles said a price was paid for the new advantages.
In the past, Pyles said, the lab has had high-quality cadavers. She said the Med Center was not uncooperative, but when the lab was not given much choice in bodies.
SHE SAID perhaps the problem could be worked out by compromises on both sides of the situation. With a little more practice, she said, perhaps the Med Center would turn out better preserved cadavers.
By BRUCE SCHREINER
Staff Reporter
Politicians note independents' vote
Both Democrat Jim Slattery and aide to Republican McKay Kay yesterday said the outcome of the 2nd Amendment vote may have on the unaffiliated vote.
Slattery and Kay are running in the race.
There are 85,748 registered Democrats, or 27 percent of the district's total voters, and 88,478 registered Republicans, or 41 percent of the total.
As of May 15, when the number of voters was last compiled by the Secretary of State's office, 69,361, or 32 percent of the 216,587 voters in the 2nd District, were unaffiliated, not associating themselves with a political party.
Slattery, who called the unaffiliated vote crucial to the election's outcome, said the tendency of independent voters to take a score on the issues would help his cause.
"My opponent has clearly alligned himself with the Republican party, having Reagan, Ford and Block campaign for him. But I will look at the issues and see what makes common sense for the district and the country."
"This district wants someone with an independent voice rather than someone who is Mr. Republican or Mr. Democrat." Slattery said.
SLATTERY SAID that Kay and other GOP candidates would be judged harshly by unaffiliated voters because they were a minority of the districts, interest rates and unemployment.
The Democratic candidate added that students, who he said often comprised much of the unaffiliated faction, would be among independents and university students in administration policies because of reductions in the student loan program.
Kay's press secretary, Tori Clark, said his campaign staff had not devised any special strategy to attract unaffiliated voters.
The lecture was named for Karl Menninger, co-founder and chairman of the board of The Menninger Foundation.
Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review for 35 years, will give the first Menninger Lecture at 8 p.m. oct. 4 at Washburn University.
Cousins' lecture at White Concert Hall is titled "Strategy for Survival: American Foreign Policy as it Relates to Nuclear Disarmament."
Cousins, adjunct professor on the faculty of the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, was the editor of the Saturday Review of Medicine.
Cousins has been a member of
numerous humanitarian organizations,
such as the Citizen's Committee for a
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and New
York's Mayor's Task Force on Air
Disaster Response, as a diplomatic
former Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy
and Johnson.
Cousins to give lecture
He is the author of 16 books, including "The Democratic Chance," "Talks with Nehru" and "In God We Trust; Biggest Beliefs of the Founding Fathers."
Cousins was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal in 1971, the Journalism Honor Award of the University of Missouri in 1972 and was named the author of the year by the Society of Authors and Journalists.
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KTWU-TV signal disrupted
The broadcast signal of KTWU-TV in Topeka has been disrupted this week for Lawrence viewers, as well as many others to the east and west of Topeka. The district is repair work on the transmission lines, station officials said Monday.
Viewers in Wyandotte, Douglas,
Jefferson, Leavenworth, Wabau-
see, Geary and Riley counties who
Clark, who singled out the economy as the major issue, said independent voters could help send a "positive" message to the administration's economic policies.
receive Channel 11, either off-air or on cable, are likely to continue experiencing difficulties through the chief engineer Ernest Hedges.
Viewers to the north and south of Topeka will be unable to receive the channel next week when the second one is taken down for reconditioning.
"We can either go back to the wasteful policies of the past 30 years of taxing and spending by voting for Slattery," Clark said, "or we can make the commitment to go forward and continue the economic programs of President Reagan by voting for Morris."
"Independents tend to think like Democrats on issues like abortion, theEqual Rights Amendment and entitlement programs," Shemaker said.
"And Slattery is trying to paint himself as a homestead boy who made it."
Clark partly agreed with Slattery's assessment that the unaffiliated would base their votes on their personal economic condition. But Clark said voters would not decide strictly on their current well-being.
BAND DAY FALLS BEFORE THE AMATEUR ATHLETICS BEHEMOTH
But on September 18th this great tradition was granted only partial expression because, as Frank Dolson of Knight-Ridder Newspaper points out, "big-time college athletics is big business . . . the big-time colleges . . . with . . . mammoth gates and whipping TV contracts . . . rake in the money, stuff it in their pockets and pay the athletes out of petty cash." When faced with the choice of honoring a long-standing contract or gaining a substantial income . . . uh . . . some cathartic collation . . . the amateur athletics behemoth showed its true colors by sacrificing the only real amateurs in sight.
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"TTS CLEAR Kay is portraying himself as a loyal follower of President Reagan and the conservative movement," said John Shoemaker, president of The University in Topska and a former K-State professor of political science.
"THEY MIGHT NOT vote on what is in their pocketbook now, but what they think will be in their pocketbook in six or 12 months from now," she said.
Although the two candidates try to point out differences in their political philosophies, a KU professor of political science said unaffiliated voters might rely on a variable other than positions on issues to make their
"People have a lot of patience, and they realize it will take time for sustained economic improvement to come around."
Because of the apparent lack of clearcut differences between the two
Shoemaker, who has researched the voting tendencies of independents, said several studies had shown that unaffiliated voters are more likely with Democratic Party proposals.
Just five days before Kansas University's thirty-fifth consecutive Band Day Parade a select group of pharisaical Jayhawks tendered to the automakers representing the electronic mivore their unconditional surrender. With hardly an exchange the salvating signatories to this infamous television contract obediently lumbered to the conference table. When the back-slapping was over and the cigarette smoke had cleared, it was discovered that this exercise in collective collusion had swept from Massachusetts Street all the high school band members; they are the only authenticate amateurs participating in the Band Day festivities. Without receiving favors from a recruiter or compensation through a letter of intent, these musicians have always practiced hard and performed commendably before the several thousand appreciative people lining the parade route.
A former Kansas State University professor of political science said the importance of candidate attractiveness and attempts to create particular images.
“People are a lot less independent than they say they are,” he said. “Most of them lean either to the Republican or the Democratic Party.”
candidates' proposals, said Allen Cigler, professor of political science, candidate attractiveness could sway the independent vote.
"I think the tone of the campaign, the television appearances, debates and forums will have a great deal of impact on this race." Cigar said.
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