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LUNG-SHAPED BLOOD CLOT The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the strange tale of a man who coughed up an exact cast of his lung’s bronchial tree made of blood. The 36-year-old male was being treated for a heart condition with blood thinners which increased his risk of bleeding. During a bout of coughing…
MISSING CONTACT LENS FOUND 28-YEARS LATER While playing badminton one spring day in England, a 14-year-old girl discovered the vision in her one eye to be blurry. Later she discovered she had lost one of her contact lenses. She didn’t think much about it until three decades later, doctors found the contact lens embedded in…
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…