Cones and bones
You may have seen this recent story about a man who thought he had lung cancer before learning that his […]
Remarkable recoveries
September 2017
Normal for Norfolk
If you lived in rural Norfolk in the nineteenth century and wanted to get rid of a wart on your
Falling pregnant
The seventeenth-century French surgeon François Mauriceau was one of the founders of modern obstetrics. Over several decades he studied every
An arrow escape
In 1871 the Surgeon-General’s office of the US Government published a document identified simply as Circular no 3. The dull
Mysterious illnesses
The forgetful sailor
In 1832 a surgeon serving aboard a British Navy vessel in the Mediterranean, David Burnes, sent an unusual case history
He sliced his penis in two
This case sounds so implausible that you may start thinking it’s a spoof. I assure you it’s not: I came
Fifty years ahead of his time
I’m writing this post on the 122nd anniversary of the first attempt at heart surgery, which took place in Norway
Medical shenanigans
Not getting his hands dirty
If you haven’t been watching the BBC2 comedy Quacks, you’re missing a treat. It’s set in the world of mid-Victorian
Remarkable recoveries
A span in length
More strange news from the Philosophical Transactions, the venerable journal of the Royal Society. This brief report was contributed in