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Emanuel Libman (1872 - 1946) 340

Emanuel Libman

Emanuel Libman (1872 - 1946) was an American physician. 1924 - Along with his student Benjamin Sacks, defined atypical verrucous valvular lesions in patients with SLE (Libman–Sacks endocarditis)

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...

Postcards from the edge LITFL 340

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.

Carlo Mondini (1729-1803) 340

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

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Pendred syndrome

Pendred syndrome: autosomal recessive genetic disorder (chromosome 7q31), characterized by congenital sensorineural deafness and goitre.

Vaughan Pendred (1869–1946) 340

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…

Fantastic four FFFF 340

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 081

This week's FFFF features a game of 'who said what?' - have you got the necessary funtabulosity to attribute each quotation to the correct medical or literary luminary... or in one case 'non-luminary'...