Sheep Pox
Orf is a zoonotic infection occurring in humans which is characterised by erythematous weeping nodules found most commonly on the hands and feet
Month December 2018
Do you know John Hunter?
I am firmly convinced that the best book in medicine is the book of Nature, as writ large in the bodies of men. You remember the answer of the immortal Hunter...
Developing EM
Lee Fineberg and Mark Newcombe and the nnovative Developing EM conference. Moving on from the success of the first conference in Sydney, this year's conference heads to Havana Cuba in the interest of fostering the development of emergency medicine internationally.
Green and Gold Malaria
I traveled across Australia last week by air from Perth in Western Australia to Cairns in the far north of Queensland. The 3500km trip involved a brief stop in Uluru (Ayers Rock). As I looked out of the window throughout…
dogma to believe
Some dogma i do believe in
Carlo Mondini
Carlo Mondini (1729 – 1803) was an Italian anatomist and physician. Described the Mondini deformity of the inner ear with congenital deafness in 1791
Pendred syndrome
Pendred syndrome: autosomal recessive genetic disorder (chromosome 7q31), characterized by congenital sensorineural deafness and goitre.
Vaughan Pendred
Vaughan Pendred (1869–1946) was an English GP. Pendred first described the syndrome of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with goitre (Pendred syndrome)
The Mystery of Chronic Pain
We often look at chronic pain patients in the emergency department as the bain of our existence. These patients patients will often challenge, confront and test all of our diagnostic and empathetic capabilities. But is it time for a better understanding and outlook at this…
A Doctor’s Touch
Do you still rely on your physical examination skills or put more faith in the test you order? Abraham Verghese present’s an inspiring TED Talk on the power of the human hand in medicine and its use to touch, to comfort, to diagnose and to…
Bringing Home the Bacon
Bacon - a food item that, for anyone who needs it, surely ranks as the most essential food for use in a medical emergency.
Tourette Syndrome – a fathers perspective
It was not until two years later that the diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome was made. 1997 was deteriorating into an annus horribilis. Edward had been in hospital for weeks with a severe septic arthritis of the hip, we sold our over-capitalized house and my brother-in-law in England needed chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.