Irritating the genitals by various means
One of the most popular stories on this blog is that of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who cut his own penis […]
Notable deaths, Unfortunate predicaments
May 2018
Horrifying operations
Finish what you started
In 1847, at a meeting of the Paris Medical Society, Dr Jean-Baptiste Pigné gave a short talk about cancer. Pigné
Horrifying operations
Extraordinary and probably unique
This blog has previously included a few cases in which a patient performed surgery on their own body. One of
Hidden dangers, Horrifying operations
A curious surgical case
In 1846 John Kyle, a surgeon from the Ohio village of Cedarville, submitted the following case report to The Western
She swallowed a mouse
In 1833 one Dr Heymann, a doctor from the Westphalian town of Oldendorf, submitted a really rather extraordinary case to