es ▁giving ▁c land est ine ▁trade ▁to ▁bod ys n atch ers ▁( just ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁Bur ke ▁and ▁H are ▁sc andal ). ▁ ▁He ▁attended ▁the ▁official ▁university ▁lect ures , ▁but ▁compla ined ▁that ▁most ▁were ▁stupid ▁and ▁b oring , ▁and ▁found ▁himself ▁too ▁sensitive ▁to ▁the ▁sight ▁of ▁blood . ▁He ▁was ▁dis g usted ▁by ▁the ▁d ull ▁and ▁out dated ▁an atom y ▁lect ures ▁of ▁professor ▁Alexander ▁Mon ro ▁t ert ius , ▁and ▁later ▁reg rett ed ▁his ▁failure ▁to ▁per se vere ▁and ▁learn ▁dis section . ▁Mun ro ' s ▁lect ures ▁included ▁veh ement ▁opposition ▁to ▁George ▁Com be ' s ▁d aring ly ▁material ist ▁ideas ▁of ▁phr en ology . ▁As ▁the ▁exception ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁d ull ness , ▁the ▁spect ac ular ▁chem istry ▁lect ures ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Charles ▁Hope ▁were ▁greatly ▁enjoyed ▁by ▁the ▁brothers , ▁but ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁join ▁a ▁student ▁society ▁giving ▁hands - on ▁experience . ▁Dar win ▁regularly ▁attended ▁clin ical ▁w ards ▁in ▁the ▁hospital ▁despite ▁his ▁great ▁dist ress ▁about ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁cases , ▁but ▁could ▁only ▁bear ▁to ▁attend ▁surg ical ▁operations ▁twice , ▁r ushing ▁away ▁before ▁they ▁were ▁completed ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁dist ress ▁at ▁the ▁brut ality ▁of ▁surg ery ▁before ▁an a est het ics . ▁He ▁was ▁long ▁ha unted ▁by ▁the ▁memory , ▁particularly ▁of ▁an ▁operation ▁on ▁a ▁child . ▁ ▁The ▁brothers ▁kept ▁each ▁other ▁company ,