The baby who was bathed in a tumbler
One area in which medicine has made gigantic strides in the last thirty years is the treatment of very premature […]
Prodigies and monsters, Remarkable recoveries
He swallowed a serpent
A curious phenomenon common to medical history and folklore is that of the bosom serpent – stories of snakes, frogs,
Bedtime stories
If you enjoy reading this blog, and you like going to bed with an audiobook – good news! The audio
Stand well back
It’s Guy Fawkes Night, the annual festival when we British celebrate (inter alia) the barbaric torture and execution of a
Mysterious illnesses
The fiery finger
Can the human body spontaneously catch fire? For many years people believed that it could. Spontaneous human combustion was a
Shafted
Some time ago I wrote about Thomas Tipple, a Londoner who was impaled by his own carriage in 1812. The
A remarkable dislocation
Charles White was an eminent Manchester surgeon of the eighteenth century. As a young man he studied anatomy in London
Remarkable recoveries
Divine’s intervention
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The viper’s kiss
The year is 1840, and The Lancet brings us this snippet of medical news from Germany: A man who, from
Dodgy predictions, Medical shenanigans
Commercial break
Just a quick update on a few exciting developments. My new book The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will be on