Painfully obvious
This spectacular case was published in the Medical Press and Circular, a leading Irish journal, in 1866. The author Dr […]
Hidden dangers, Unfortunate predicaments
Unfortunate predicaments
The perils of a sneeze
A few months ago I wrote about the criminal who was lucky to recover after inhaling a fake gold earring.
Remarkable recoveries, Unfortunate predicaments
A cautionary tale
This case was reported in the Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Reports – the in-house journal published by the London hospital of
Unfortunate predicaments
Specific gravity
I came across this unusual case in a book published in 1876, A Dozen Cases: Clinical Surgery by William Tod
Removed without the least difficulty
Sir William Fergusson was a leading figure in Victorian medicine. A great and widely respected surgeon, he began his career
A pane in the eye
I have reported a few eye-watering tales on this blog in the past, but few stories deserve the epithet quite
Unfortunate predicaments
Pricked it all over with a fine needle
I recently came across the online archives of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal, the in-house publication of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society.
Hit in the face with a cow’s stomach
In October 1852 a Bristol surgeon called Augustin Prichard gave a talk at the Bath and Bristol branch of the
Unfortunate predicaments
The privy spider
This painful case was recorded in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences in 1839. The author, Dr Isaac Hulse,
Magnifique! Delicieux!
The French surgeon Auguste Nélaton is one of those figures better known for the company he kept than for what