Those we carry
Those we carry: "All of us have our own burdens, names chiselled on our hearts. We carry their bodies in silence. We carry them alone, refusing to cry. We hold them close, and keep the living at arm’s length."
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A Problem with Plumbing
The plumbing problem is this: a man has a urinary catheter in situ, it won't come out. What are you going to do about it?
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 221 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Thomas Morgan Rotch
Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)
Ralph M. Waters
Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 220 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Going back to extremes!
The Leaderboard for 'extremes' from the real world of clinical pathophysiology! Seven years ago, thanks to a suggestion by Greg Kelly, we sought out the most extreme parameters clinicians have encountered in looking after their patients.
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 219 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind The medical trivia Christmas FFFF.
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William Francis Ganong
William Francis 'Fran' Ganong Jr. (1924 – 2007) was an American physiologist. Eponym: Lown-Ganong-Levine (1952)
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Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 218 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Antonio Palla
Antonio Palla (1949 - ) is an Italian respiratory and nuclear medicine specialist. Palla sign in pulmonary embolus (1983)