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Month: June 2019

An English emigrant to Canada

It’s been a little while since I’ve had the time to write a blog post. The reason for this hiatus is that my wife and I have been preparing for our move to Canada, where we’ll be living for the next twelve months. We arrived in Toronto earlier this week, and wasted no time in discovering the superb local craft … Read more

Posted on 29th June 2019Categories Unusual treatments8 Comments on An English emigrant to Canada
Magnifique! Delicieux!

Magnifique! Delicieux!

The French surgeon Auguste Nélaton is one of those figures better known for the company he kept than for what he did. As well as acting as personal physician to Napoleon III, Nélaton famously treated Giuseppe Garibaldi, the unifier of Italy, for a bullet wound.

It seems unfair that Nélaton is principally remembered for his connections with other … Read more

Posted on 7th June 2019Categories Unfortunate predicamentsLeave a comment on Magnifique! Delicieux!

The stone bullet

In 1829 a surgeon from Wolverhampton, William Lewis, contributed this unusual surgical tale to The Lancet:

Stone bullet shot into the bladder

John Roden, a boy about 11 years of age, (of the Deanery-row,) of a spare habit and pale complexion, received a shot wound on the 5th of November last, while passing a door from behind which a pistol was discharged, loaded with a … Read more

Posted on 4th June 2019Categories Horrifying operations, Unfortunate predicamentsLeave a comment on The stone bullet
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