An extraordinary surgical operation
Last week I came across an article which took my breath away. It was published in 1858, in an American […]
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
Horrifying operations, Remarkable recoveries
Like finding a needle in a pharynx
In November 1828 several English-language journals picked up a case which had appeared in the Revue Medicale, a French medical
Bewildering research, Mysterious illnesses
An abnormal secretion
This was the front page story in The Lancet on July 11th 1835. It’s a glorious case, but I think
Unfortunate predicaments
The boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick
The year is 1827, and if you wish to apprise yourself of the latest and most important developments in medicine
A freak accident
In March 1827 The London Medical Repository and Review included a short report of an inquest which had been held
Unfortunate predicaments
Painful news from the Bobbin Factory
Here’s something that will make you wince, and then marvel at the human body’s recuperative abilities. In 1849 Dr Thomas
Horrifying operations
A large portion of chin
One night in May 1832 the duty medics at St Thomas’s Hospital in London suddenly had a particularly difficult case
Remarkable recoveries
An unwanted buzz cut
In 1869 The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal reported the following unusual case which had taken place a few years
Unfortunate predicaments
The egested intestine
The Annals of Medicine for the Year 1802 are the source of today’s extraordinary goings-on. This case was reported by John
Remarkable recoveries
Pitched upon a pitchfork
After countless hours reading dreadful stories in medical journals I’m rarely shocked by a case, but this one [no need