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
Remarkable recoveries
Remarkable recoveries
Nobody nose
Leonardo Fioravanti was a celebrated – and later infamous – Italian doctor of the sixteenth century. You’ll find little information
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
Bruit force
Committee reports aren’t exactly famed for their entertainment value. But while leafing through the 1850 volume of the Transactions of
Notable deaths, Remarkable recoveries
A near miss
This case was published in the Report of the Army Medical Department for 1873, an annual publication produced by the
Remarkable recoveries
The lemonade enema
The following remarkable narrative was published in The Medical and Physical Journal in April 1812. The author, Stephen Love Hammick,
Mysterious illnesses, Remarkable recoveries
An infinite number of worms
Many medicines prescribed by physicians of the past were chemicals now known to be highly toxic. Mercury, arsenic and antimony
Claws for concern
Philipp Franz von Walther was an eminent German surgeon highly regarded for his expertise in ophthalmology and as a pioneer
Remarkable recoveries
The tin box
Cases of unusual foreign objects can make entertaining reading, though often for the ‘wrong’ reasons. The medical literature is full
Prodigies and monsters, Remarkable recoveries
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
Shafted
Some time ago I wrote about Thomas Tipple, a Londoner who was impaled by his own carriage in 1812. The