A triumph of surgery
In June 1898, British newspapers reported an exciting medical story under the headline ‘Triumph in Surgery’. Their source was a […]
Horrifying operations, Primitive equipment, Remarkable recoveries
August 2019
Remarkable recoveries
Nobody nose
Leonardo Fioravanti was a celebrated – and later infamous – Italian doctor of the sixteenth century. You’ll find little information
Bewildering research, Medical shenanigans
Do no harm
‘First, do no harm.’ You may be familiar with this aphorism, which in the last hundred years or so has
Unfortunate predicaments
Pricked it all over with a fine needle
I recently came across the online archives of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal, the in-house publication of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society.
Mysterious illnesses
Conversation with a ghost
Spooky goings-on were reported in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal in an article published in 1826. The author was
Hit in the face with a cow’s stomach
In October 1852 a Bristol surgeon called Augustin Prichard gave a talk at the Bath and Bristol branch of the