The fiery finger
Can the human body spontaneously catch fire? For many years people believed that it could. Spontaneous human combustion was a […]
Mysterious illnesses
October 2018
Shafted
Some time ago I wrote about Thomas Tipple, a Londoner who was impaled by his own carriage in 1812. The
A remarkable dislocation
Charles White was an eminent Manchester surgeon of the eighteenth century. As a young man he studied anatomy in London
Remarkable recoveries
Divine’s intervention
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The viper’s kiss
The year is 1840, and The Lancet brings us this snippet of medical news from Germany: A man who, from
Dodgy predictions, Medical shenanigans
Commercial break
Just a quick update on a few exciting developments. My new book The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will be on
Unfortunate predicaments
The pork cylinder
A few days ago I was reading an article about foreign bodies in the bladder – for what better way