History of fluorescein
Fluorescein: history, chemistry and modern eye uses—corneal staining, Seidel leak test, Jones drainage test and retinal angiography.
Adrenaline or epinephrine?
Adrenaline or epinephrine? Based on the 'usage argument'; 'historical precedent' and 'etymological derivation'...
MacGyver the Foley
Foley balloon tamponade can temporarily control catastrophic neck, axillary and groin bleeding, buying time for imaging and definitive care in trauma.
Goodbye “Massive” and “Submassive”
The first-ever AHA/ACC clinical practice guideline on acute pulmonary embolism drops a new A-to-E severity classification. Here’s what emergency physicians need to know...
Eponymyth: The Moseley Stitch-Up™
One technique to rule them all, one transducer to find them, one suture to bring them up, and in the subcutis bind them. The Moseley Stitch-Up
George Pitkin
George Philo Pitkin (1885-1943), American surgeon. Inventor of Spinocain, Pitkin spinal needle, syringe and tiltometer for controllable spinal anaesthesia.
CT Case 104
A 45 year old female presents with shoulder pain following a seizure. Describe and interpret the CT scan of her left shoulder
Living Legend: Averil Mansfield
Professor Dame Averil Mansfield emphasizes responsibility and competence in leadership rather than performance. She advocates for generalism in medicine, reflecting on her experiences and concerns about fragmented patient care today.
John Snow
John Snow (1813-1858), English physician. Pioneer of anaesthesia and epidemiology. Defined etherization stages and traced cholera outbreaks to contaminated water in London.
Josef Thurner
Josef Thurner (1927-2025), Austrian pathologist; May–Thurner syndrome; led pathology in Salzburg; published widely on venous disease.
Gaston Labat
Gaston Labat (1876–1934). Regional anaesthesia pioneer, author of Regional Anesthesia, founder of ASRA, and namesake of the Labat sciatic block, Labat spinal needle and Labat outfit
Lincoln F. Sise
Lincoln Fleetford Sise (1874-1942). Lahey Clinic anaesthetist known for fine-gauge spinal needle introducers and safer spinal anaesthesia.