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Why Are Surgeons in the UK Called Mrs, Ms, Miss, or Mr? Generally speaking, in most parts of the world a doctor is a doctor once they graduate from medical school. Whether a physician or surgeon, they both use the title doctor. And most often times the title doctor is gender neutral. A key caveat…
The Barber Pole was Once a Symbol of Surgeons It’s probably no surprise that the history of medicine is a bit bloody and macabre at times. From stone age neurosurgeons who practiced trephination of the brain as a means to release evil spirits, and at the same time unwittingly relieve intracranial pressure; to the body…
Constantly Generating New Cells The human body has amazing restorative properties in response to injury, or just the constant turning over of cells through the process of apoptosis. While we cannot grow a new arm if one is cut off in an accident, or a new pancreas if we destroy our beta cells by consuming…
What do Sheep Have to do with Blood Transfusions? Today blood transfusion is a common life-saving treatment for trauma patients, surgical patients, and others. Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to Frances’s Louis XIV, is generally credited with performing the first human blood transfusion. In 1667, Denys transfused a 15-year-old boy who had been bled so much…
Patient Presents with a “Fishy” Eye Nothing ruins a day at the beach quite like getting a fish bone stuck in your eyeball. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to a beachgoer visiting the Red Sea in 2015. The 52- year-old tourist was swimming in the Red Sea when he collided with a school of fish. Not…