Lest We Forget
With the combined rebuilding of ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ and our arrival at a new domain I feel refreshed and revitalised…’able to leap tall buildings in a single bound‘ and able to set forth some of the contextual learning…
Month June 2019
Antimicrobial Resistance: Where to from Here?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will claim 250 million lives world-wide by 2050, displacing cancer as a cause of death. Newer tools may hold the key...
Perspective
In a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, we still end up spending more time alone.
Furuncular myiasis
Today we explore the evolving 'furuncle' or boil. A simple enough beast to deal with under normal circumstances - but in the returning traveler...myriad possibilities raise their ugly heads
Friedrich Schultze
Friedrich Schultze (1848 - 1934) was a German neurologist.
Nathan Weiss
Nathan Weiss (1851 - 1883) was a Czech born, Austrian trained physician and neurologist.
Crazy Bug Hunter 001
Fleming’s role in the discovery and subsequent development of penicillin is well-known parable of the importance of serendipity in medical research. Fewer people know anything about the Scots bacteriologist’s earlier discovery of lysosyme or his work on the bacteriology of traumatic wound infection.
Chvostek sign
Chvostek sign is contraction of facial muscles provoked by lightly tapping over the facial nerve anterior to the ear as it crosses the zygomatic arch.
František Chvostek
Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Chvostek sign (1876) Key Medical Contributions Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
Franz Chvostek Jr
Biography Born 3 October 1864 Professor of Internal Medicine in Vienna Honorary member of the Viennese Medical Society Died 17 April 1944 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications References
Osler and Australia
Sir William Osler Australian connections and his Australian legacy is discussed in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Melioidosis – Lab without walls
Melioidosis is a fascinating disease, with a distinct geography, a wide range of clinical presentations and a complex pathogenesis.