Robot hearts
The horrors of nineteenth-century medicine will return to this blog tomorrow, but here’s a brief intermezzo: The Guardian recently printed a […]
Remarkable recoveries, Unfortunate predicaments
The lancer lanced
On November 9th 1869 a private from the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, ‘Richard F.’, arrived at the Royal Victoria Hospital
Remarkable recoveries, Unfortunate predicaments
A strange tale
Today’s tale is a ‘news in brief’ item published by The Medical Standard in 1895: Drs. Hart and Watts of
Bewildering research, Horrifying operations
The ‘first’ heart transplant
Do you know who performed the world’s first heart transplant ? The surgeon usually credited with the feat is the
Hidden dangers
An abominable, disgusting habit
There are plenty of common myths about Victorian social mores, but anything you have read about their disapproval of onanism
The long road to recovery
Today’s post is something of a rarity, since it comes from a medical journal which only existed for a year,
Medical shenanigans
Publication day!
A brief diversion from normal service on this blog for a gratuitous advertisement: today is publication day for my book The
Mysterious illnesses
Pins and needles
At a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1852, London physicians were treated to the following tale,
The golden padlock
In 1827 The London Medical and Physical Journal published a short report on what it called a case of ‘infibulation’.
Horrifying operations
The human clarinet
At a meeting of the Glasgow Pathological and Clinical Society on November 13th 1877, members had a rare treat. The