A bad use for good wine
This promising headline appeared in an issue of the Philosophical Transactions published in 1755. ‘Success’ is an interesting choice of […]
Surgery
Unfortunate predicaments, Unusual treatments
A bit of a headache
One of the things that all first-aiders should know is that blades or other penetrating objects should never be removed from
Primitive equipment
Fishing line and marine sponges: the operating theatre of 1888
In 1888 the great American surgeon Rudolph Matas saved the life of a patient who had been shot in the