Anatomy teaching: ghosts of the past, present and future

@article{McLachlan2006AnatomyTG,
  title={Anatomy teaching: ghosts of the past, present and future},
  author={John C. McLachlan and Debra Patten},
  journal={Medical Education},
  year={2006},
  volume={40},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:30909540}
}
‘Ghost of the Future,’ he exclaimed, ‘I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared…
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