Ronald Ross
Major Ronald Ross (1857-1932) was the epitome of the Victorian bug hunters, born in the Himalayas in the heyday of the British Empire, he returned to his roots as a physician where he pursued Manson and Laveran’s hypothesis that the…
Month April 2019
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 225
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 226 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Caustic Ingestion: Acid
Toilet bowl cleaners in the United States tend to be acidic in nature so I chose the ‘Ty-D-Bol Man’ as our victim for this Caustic Ingestion flashcard.
A Potent but Weak Solution to Oil’s Peak
Known as unscientific, dangerous, potentially deadly, quackery, and other less than flattering but accurate terms, but it seems that science's attempts to dilute the false positive claims homeopathy makes only seems to make it stronger.
Evidence-based Homeopathy
Evidence-based Homeopathy is an exciting new textbook. This exhaustive tome is essential reading for all candidates for the up-coming UCEM Fellowship.
Watch, Laugh, Learn, Live
We've dug up some classic TED talks on education from Sir Ken Robinson. Watch, laugh, learn and live.
Jellybean 105 Emergency Medicine in Zambia
At the moment there is only one public emergency department in Zambia that actually has a trained emergency physician. It only has one.
What motivates us?
Are you curious about what motivates us? Money? Think again. Watch this YouTube video by RSAnimate and Dan Pink on Motivation, and you might be surprised.
Food allergy amplification all the RAGE
Could false alarmin be the missing link in the rise of food allergies and the anaphylactic march?
Pietro Grocco
Pietro Grocco (1856 - 1916) was an Italian physician
Paul Broca
Pierre Paul Broca (1824 – 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. Best known for his research on a region of the frontal lobe involved with language (Broca's area)
Ultrasound Case 088
I stepped off my back decking into a hole the dog had carefully manicured in the lawn. A combination of plantar flexion and inversion resulted in a rather swollen ankle you see in the first image. I managed it conservatively but at 6 weeks it still felt a bit boggy and unstable. A case of physician scan thyself