Category Medical Specialty
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William P. Hort

William Peter Hort (1799-1852) was an English born, American physician; one of the earliest clinical case reports in America on the use of oral charcoal as an antidote for acute poisoning

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Impending Doom

Cliff Reid starts us off on this series by looking at the patient that presents saying they are 'going to die' - "Angor Animi and Impending Doom".

Ivor Lewis (1895–1982)

Ivor Lewis

Ivor Lewis (1895–1982) was a Welsh surgeon. Eponymously remembered for 1946 description of Ivor Lewis Oesophagectomy

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Sister Mary Joseph

Sister Mary Joseph (Julia Dempsey) (1856 - 1939) was an American Catholic nun, nurse, and hospital administrator. Sister Mary Joseph sign (1928)