The eye magnet
Today’s story first appeared in the Observationes, a collection of case reports by the German surgeon Wilhelm Fabry (1560-1634). Fabry, […]
Remarkable recoveries, Unusual treatments
Remarkable recoveries
The lucky Prussian
Maximilian Joseph von Chelius was a prominent 19th-century German surgeon who had a significant influence on medics right across Europe.
All at sea
When I first came across this stirring tale of improvised surgery at sea I wasn’t at all sure it was
A dangerous hobby
The Royal Academy of Surgery in Paris was founded in 1731 by Louis XV. It was abolished in 1793 following
Remarkable recoveries
An interesting and remarkable accident
This is one of those cases that at first reading seems inherently unlikely – but, bizarre as it sounds, has
Cured by a collision
Serious rail accidents have become such rare events that it’s easy to forget just how dangerous the railways were in
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
The accidental hysterectomy
In 1840 one Dr Drane, a physician from Louisville in Kentucky, wrote a short communication to the Western Journal of
Remarkable recoveries
Cones and bones
You may have seen this recent story about a man who thought he had lung cancer before learning that his
Falling pregnant
The seventeenth-century French surgeon François Mauriceau was one of the founders of modern obstetrics. Over several decades he studied every
An arrow escape
In 1871 the Surgeon-General’s office of the US Government published a document identified simply as Circular no 3. The dull