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At weekends there were anatomy lessons with Richard (he particularly enjoyed testing them on the bones of the wrist, having taught them a mnemonic verse: ‘A tall ship sailed in the moonlight bright – lunate – Triangulated a pea-shaped rock one night – triquetral, pisiform – The captain and his mate, each on a trapeze – trapezium, trapezoid – Dived head over heels, caught the hook with ease – capitate, hamate’) and talks on famous doctors: Fabian, Muriel, Robert and Christian, who intended to study medicine, sat in Richard’s study and revised their notes: ‘When did Sauerbruch start to work in Munich?
An den Wochenenden gab es Anatomiestunden bei Richard (er fragte gern die Handwurzelknochen ab, Merkvers: »Ein Schifflein fuhr im Mondenschein – Os lunatum – dreieckig um das Erbsenbein, vieleckig groß – multangulum majus –, vieleckig klein – multangulum minus –, am Köpfchen – Os capitatum – muß der Haken sein«) und Vorträge über berühmte Ärzte: Fabian, Muriel, Robert und Christian, die Medizin studieren wollten, saßen in Richards Arbeitszimmer und wiederholten Merkstoff: »Wann begann Sauerbruch in München zu arbeiten?
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