This question How to handle cadavers asked what should be done where a student had to handle cadavers in their medical (dentistry) classes.
A comment took the view that outside of Israel, the majority is not Jewish and it would be highly unlikely for one to have specific knowledge otherwise. Therefore the comment implied that we need not worry about the possibility of the cadaver being Jewish.
My question is what should the Jewish student do where the class instructor gives specific information that makes it most likely that the cadaver was Jewish.
Eg “and now here is the mouth of the famed Mr Cohen whose oral history has been widely reported in the professional journals.”
Should we say that the principle of משום איבה should apply or should the student absent himself from the class because of ניתוח המת.
