An infinite number of worms
Many medicines prescribed by physicians of the past were chemicals now known to be highly toxic. Mercury, arsenic and antimony […]
Mysterious illnesses, Remarkable recoveries
January 2019
Mysterious illnesses
A knotty problem
I recently learned a medical term I hadn’t heard before: ‘true knot’, meaning a knot that forms in the umbilical
Horrifying operations
Eighth time lucky
You may be familiar with this dramatic photo, which has been doing the rounds recently on social media (mainly thanks
Primitive equipment, Unusual treatments
The child who swallowed a pin
The eighteenth-century surgeon William Boys, although a distinguished clinician and Fellow of the Royal Society, was perhaps better known as
Four lambs and two puppies
This strange little tale appeared in various literary and medical journals in 1806. This version is taken from The Medical