This news item is about: That creature on the surgical table isn’t Frankenstein’s monster, but with its realistic tissue and organs, it comes close. The College of Veterinary Medicine has introduced state-of-the-art artificial canine cadavers on which veterinary students can practice their budding surgical skills. The synthetic cadavers mimic living tissue, with individual muscles, bones and organs. They even bleed and breathe like a living canine patient.