Difficult to swallow
Years ago, many leading hospitals had their own journals, with most or all of the articles produced by the institution’s […]
November 2020
Remarkable recoveries
Moulded to the lid
The Victorian surgeon Sir Jonathan Hutchinson was ‘one of the great medical geniuses of his time’, according to his entry
Resuscitated by a Romanov
I came across this case quite by chance, drawn in by a striking headline. But after investigating a little further
Mysterious illnesses, Notable deaths
Death by onanism
Victorian society was famously paranoid about the dangers of masturbation. For teachers, priests and those with responsibility for young people,
Hidden dangers, Horrifying operations
The golden pin
This story has a delightful combination of youthful misadventure and surgical ingenuity. OK, so ‘delightful’ might be a bit of