A leech in the throat
Ever swallowed a leech by accident? Me neither. Here’s a tale told by Surgeon-Lieutenant T.A. Granger, a surgeon in the […]
Unfortunate predicaments
October 2016
Incorrigible
The Dictionnaire des Sciences Médicales, published in France between 1812 and 1822, was the first encyclopaedic dictionary of medicine. It’s
Remarkable recoveries
A hopeless case?
In 1868 the Richmond Medical Journal reported an extraordinary accident which had befallen a 9-year-old boy at a cotton press
Hidden dangers
The perils of being a writer
Having spent most of the last year sitting in seclusion writing and editing my first book, I was amused to
Remarkable recoveries
Cured by a nightmare
Here’s a strange little tale which – unusually for this blog – does not involve a single doctor, since the
Unfortunate predicaments
A pin in the ear
In 1859 The Medical Times and Gazette included this report from John Robert Kealy, a surgeon from Gosport. He relates
Medical shenanigans
Sheathed in a pig’s gut
In 1870 a Dr John P. Gray, of Utica, told this strange and rather sad little tale to a meeting
Unfortunate predicaments
The missing pencil
Today’s medical dispatch comes from the Canada Medical Journal, and was submitted to that publication in 1867 by Dr Thomas