The woman with two wombs
This exceptional paper appeared in the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, a relatively minor publication, in 1888. Thanks to its […]
Prodigies and monsters
September 2020
The galley slave and the barrel hoop
This (almost) incredible case report was printed in The Medical and Physical Journal in 1812, but dates from almost forty
Unfortunate predicaments
Specific gravity
I came across this unusual case in a book published in 1876, A Dozen Cases: Clinical Surgery by William Tod
A gallon a day keeps the doctor away
Bloodletting is one of the oldest medical treatments of all, employed for centuries in cultures all over the world. It’s