why did you get a finger if you try to find diseases in people ? was it an autopsy on a deceased person?

Question: why did you get a finger if you try to find diseases in people ? was it an autopsy on a deceased person?
- Keywords:
  autopsy,
  body,
  disease,
  finger,
  work
Asked by laurenlisa to Catherine on 19 Jun 2013.
- Catherine Fontinelle answered on 19 Jun 2013:
  
  A diabetic patient often loses circulation to extremities, they have fingers and toes amputated when they become too gangrenous to treat successfully.

Question: why did you get a finger if you try to find diseases in people ? was it an autopsy on a deceased person?