Unfortunate predicaments

A pin in the ear

Thomas Morris / 15th October 2016

In 1859 The Medical Times and Gazette included this report from John Robert Kealy, a surgeon from Gosport. He relates […]

Thomas Morris / 1st October 2016

Today’s medical dispatch comes from the Canada Medical Journal, and was submitted to that publication in 1867 by Dr Thomas

Thomas Morris / 27th September 2016

This is the most extraordinary and perplexing case of all the many I’ve sifted through while finding material for this

Thomas Morris / 3rd September 2016

Here’s a tale from an edition of The Lancet published in 1843 which caused me to squirm more than once.

Thomas Morris / 17th August 2016

On December 6th 1848 the distinguished American surgeon Dr Valentine Mott read a paper at a meeting of the New

A short story, this one, but it packs quite a punch. In 1855 the Western Lancet published a letter from

Some of the best titles in the history of medical literature are to be found in the early volumes of

It’s May 1852, and Dr Sandborn from Lowell in Massachusetts has had a very interesting morning: The patient, Mr. Wm. Mason,

This case, reported in the Annals of Surgery in 1907, has one of the best patient histories I’ve ever read.

In 1852 the editor of the North American Lancet, Dr Horace Nelson, reported an unfortunate turn of events. His prose