Claws for concern
Philipp Franz von Walther was an eminent German surgeon highly regarded for his expertise in ophthalmology and as a pioneer […]
December 2018
Remarkable recoveries
The tin box
Cases of unusual foreign objects can make entertaining reading, though often for the ‘wrong’ reasons. The medical literature is full
Horrifying operations, Unfortunate predicaments
The spoon swallower
Here’s an intriguing snippet reported by the Paris correspondent of the Lancet in September 1882: We have now a patient
Odds bodkins
This fascinating case report was published in the Philosophical Transactions in 1701, contributed by a distinguished Dublin physician, Thomas Molyneux. It
Prodigies and monsters, Remarkable recoveries
The baby who was bathed in a tumbler
One area in which medicine has made gigantic strides in the last thirty years is the treatment of very premature