This case reminded me of the “case” of a child here in Houston having his arm swatted off by a tiger. I rewrote the case using excerpts from newspaper articles published about the accident and the recovery of the child. These included interviews with the physicians involved in the implantation. I renamed the case “The Tiger and the Tot” and wrote it as an interrupted case. The students worked in groups for 15 minutes, then we discussed the case as a group.

I used some of the questions from the original case, but since I offer this earlier in the Anatomy and Physiology course than did the original author, some of the questions did not apply. Some of my students remembered this event and I think that helped stir interest.

Comments submitted 10/24/2005 by:

Jane Johnson-Murray
Biology/Nutrition
Houston Community College System
Houston, TX
jane.johnsonmurray@hccs.edu