In hospital for 34 years
In December 1886 the Cincinnati Enquirer published an exclusive from its New York correspondent. He had uncovered an amazing story […]
Mysterious illnesses
November 2017
All at sea
When I first came across this stirring tale of improvised surgery at sea I wasn’t at all sure it was
A dangerous hobby
The Royal Academy of Surgery in Paris was founded in 1731 by Louis XV. It was abolished in 1793 following
The pigeon’s rump cure
Eclampsia is a serious condition affecting women before, during or after childbirth. The name means literally ‘bursting forth’, an apt
Notable deaths, Unfortunate predicaments
An enormous eater
Albert Vander Veer was a distinguished New York surgeon of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A Civil War