Dr. James Swanson leans against the front of a sleek black dishwasher for cleaning surgical tools and just laughs.
Across the room is a brand-new mortician’s table and sink. Behind him, 26 cadavers await Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s first medical students to begin classes August 4.
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