Jules Tinel
Jules Tinel (1879–1952), French neurologist remembered for Tinel sign, nerve regeneration research and early work on phaeochromocytoma.
William Bainbridge
William Seaman Bainbridge (1870-1947), American surgeon, cancer educator, naval physician and early advocate of spinal analgesia in children.
John Durkan
John A. Durkan, American orthopaedic surgeon linked with the Durkan test and CTS gauge for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome.
CT Case 103
A 35 year old male presents with recurrent episodes of spontaneous bleeding from his right ear. What does the CT angiogram show?
Harry Finkelstein
Harry Finkelstein (1883 – 1975) was an American Surgeon. Eponym - Finkelstein's Test (Modified Eichhoff test) to confirm De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
Education Theory Made Practical
Download ALiEM’s free Education Theory Made Practical series: 8 volumes, 77 frameworks, turning education theory into tools for teaching, assessment and PD.
Sidney Farber
Sidney Farber (1903-1973) American pediatric pathologist. Childhood leukaemia chemotherapy, Farber disease, cystic fibrosis research
CT Case 102
A 52 year old man is brought to hospital by ambulance complaining of 2 weeks of abdominal pain and constipation. What does the abdominal CT show?
Critical Debrief: The Pitt Debrief
In this debut of The Critical Debrief, the team reflects on personal changes and the transition from Network 5 to a more independent, creative podcasting approach.
Achille Mario Dogliotti
Achille Mario Dogliotti (1897-1966), Italian surgeon. Pioneer of epidural anaesthesia (Dogliotti’s principle), pain therapy, cardiac surgery, and total extracorporeal blood circulation
FOAM Cortex: AI Clinical Search Tool
FOAM Cortex has been launched. A new Free AI-powered clinical search tool built by emergency medicine (EM) physicians specifically for EM and critical care use at the point of care.
Auto-appendicectomy
Auto-appendicectomy: three landmark self-appendectomy cases—Kane (1921), McLaren (1944), Rogozov (1961)—and what they reveal about surgery in extremis.