Gentlemen Scholars

In days of yore college experiences were vastly different than today. Only the elites, generally men, attended, and many classes were mostly experiential. After class, the “Gentlemen” would ponder entirely hypothetical questions, none of which were likely possible to test given the state of technology then. Medical students, for example, could muse where one would locate the mitral valve if one could open the thoracic cavity in the living to then explore the inside of the heart.  Of course, there was drinking involved at these symposiums. In the image that follows, which labeled line most approximates the location of the mitral valve? (Come to think of it, college experiences of the modern era are quite similar to those of the  “golden days.”)

Mitral valve is indicated by which labeled line?

(Dissection, courtesy of Sam Michelhaugh, M4, Georgetown University Medical School.)