postmortem



“At first he has been inclined to see the post-mortem apron as expressing no more than a lack of faith in him [Rivers], or, more accurately, in his methods, since obviously any doctor who spends much time so attired is not meeting with uniform success on the wards” (Barker 31). A post-mortem apron is the apron that [|pathologists] (medical examiners) wear while examining a corpse during a [|post-mortem examination] (autopsy). For more examples of post-mortem aprons follow this [|link]. Rivers thinks that since Anderson saw him wearing a post-mortem apron in his dream that Anderson doesn’t have faith in his treatment techniques. He also thinks that it isn’t a very encouraging thought for the patients to see him walking around in a post-mortem apron throughout the ward because it associates with the examination of dead bodies. Rivers also thought that Anderson might potentially be suicidal since the post-mortem apron appeared in his dream. NDB + ELZ