Food allergy amplification all the RAGE
Could false alarmin be the missing link in the rise of food allergies and the anaphylactic march?
Category Medical Specialty
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
François Chaussier
François Chaussier (1746-1828) was a French anatomist and physician. He proposed the use of oxygen in pediatric resus (1781) and the laryngeal intubation (1806)
Arsenic Poisoning
Arsenic is often used as a rat poison; it causes glove and stocking paraesthesia, scaly skin and garlic breath. I thought it was fun drawing a sexy rat with garlic breath...
Tetanus Immunoglobulin
Indications and Role: The tetanus immunoglobulin is used for those wounds that are tetanus prone and high risk as vaccination alone may not provide enough protection if the incubation period is faster than the host’s own immune response. Administration and…
Australian Anaphylaxis Amplification
Anaphylaxis is increasingly common. The patient population death rate for anaphylaxis is Australia in 2013 was over double that reported in the UK
Ludwig Edinger
Ludwig Edinger (1855 – 1918) was a German neurologist and anatomist.
Acetaminophen Paracetamol Overdose
Acetaminophen or Paracetamol Overdose was the first illustration where I chose to anthropomorphise an organ...and so, Liver-Man was born!
Crazy Bug Hunter 002
In 1900 Dr Jesse William Lazear joined the Yellow Fever Commission team in Cuba under Walter Reed. He was employed to conduct studies into the bacteriology of tropical diseases.
Diphtheria Vaccine
The vaccine is made from a cell-free purified toxin extracted from a strain of C. diphtheriae and treated with formaldehyde which converts it into a diphtheria toxoid. These are NOT live vaccines and can not cause the diphtheria.
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 Born on October 9, 1883 North Bloomfield, Ohio 1945 – President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Died on December19, 1979 Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively…