The tooth ant
In June 1873 a respectable American medical journal, The Clinic, published a ‘news in brief’ story which had been culled […]
Prodigies and monsters, Unfortunate predicaments
Unfortunate predicaments
Unfortunate predicaments
Firearm fires forearm
Today’s medical dispatch comes from St George’s Hospital in London, and was reported to The Lancet in 1850: A wound
Mysterious illnesses, Remarkable recoveries, Unfortunate predicaments
Evacuated with a spoon
In 1836 a doctor from rural Ireland, J.L. McCarthy, encountered a highly unusual case which he then reported to The
Unfortunate predicaments
The ear maggots
On Saturday, May 19th 1849 the Westminster Medical Society held one of its regular meetings. Here is an extract from
Unfortunate predicaments
Pegged out
In 1865 a young eye surgeon from Gloucester, Robert Brudenell Carter, sent a series of case reports for publication in
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
Unfortunate predicaments
The exploding scrotum
In February 1793 a small British expeditionary force under the command of the Duke of York landed at Hellevoetsluis in
Unfortunate predicaments
An unexpected discovery
Today’s news is culled from an edition of The Northern Journal of Medicine published in 1845. It brings a new
Unfortunate predicaments
A leech in the throat
Ever swallowed a leech by accident? Me neither. Here’s a tale told by Surgeon-Lieutenant T.A. Granger, a surgeon in the
Incorrigible
The Dictionnaire des Sciences Médicales, published in France between 1812 and 1822, was the first encyclopaedic dictionary of medicine. It’s