Like finding a needle in a pharynx
In November 1828 several English-language journals picked up a case which had appeared in the Revue Medicale, a French medical […]
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
Horrifying operations
Horrifying operations
A large portion of chin
One night in May 1832 the duty medics at St Thomas’s Hospital in London suddenly had a particularly difficult case
Horrifying operations
A chainsaw to the spine
In the early nineteenth century surgery was a primitive affair, generally limited to a few commonly performed operations. Most people
Horrifying operations
The eye fungus
My headline is somewhat misleading, for the ‘fungus’ referred to in today’s article, published in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical
Hip hip
On 18th January 1824 The Lancet reported an operation of extraordinary daring. It had taken place two days earlier at
Horrifying operations
The punctured bowel
An edition of The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery from 1872 contains this remarkable tale, narrated by a London
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
Better late than never
Today’s medical journals pride themselves on their topicality, publishing the latest research as soon as it’s available – but those
She cut off her nose with a carving knife
The image above shows the Jardin Royal (Royal Garden) in Paris – misleadingly named, since although it included a botanical
Horrifying operations
A high pain threshold
In 1878 an elderly surgeon from Birmingham, Dickinson Crompton, was persuaded to write a short article about his early career
Horrifying operations, Unfortunate predicaments
Bunged up
Most of the injuries chronicled on this blog were caused by bad luck, and a few by misadventure; but here’s