William Hammond
William A. Hammond (1828–1900), U.S. Surgeon General and neurology pioneer, described athetosis, reformed military medicine, and authored a key neurology textbook.
Precipitous Birth in the ED
Emergency Procedure: Precipitous Birth in the ED. Let’s face it, the three births you attended as a medical student don't really prepare you for this...
Echo basics: Tips and Tricks
Echocardiography. Tips and tricks on optimising your image, making measurements, recognising artefacts and controlling infection
Echo basics: Machines and Probes
We can do transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) pretty much anywhere. Here are the pros and cons of 3 types of machines, how to identify the different types of probes, and what each type of probe is used for.
William Cadogan
William Cadogan (1711–1797), physician-reformer; wrote the 1748 Essay on Nursing and a contentious 1771 gout treatise; pioneer of childcare and lifestyle medicine
Giovanni Mingazzini
Giovanni Mingazzini (1859-1929) Founder of the Roman School of Neurology; described lenticular hemiparesis, Mingazzini test, and Mingazzini field; pioneer in aphasia and cerebellar anatomy.
Melioidosis
Melioidosis is a severe infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is widespread in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, with increasing recognition in other tropical and subtropical regions. It presents with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from localized infections to severe sepsis and septic shock.
Angelo L. Soresi
Angelo Luigi Soresi (1877–1951), Italian-born American surgeon who described peridural (epidural) anaesthesia and an early “hanging drop” endpoint for locating the epidural space (1932).
James Sherren
James Sherren (1872-1945) British General surgeon. Eponym: Sherren's triangle - area of hyperaesthesia associated with appendicitis
Jacques Calvé
Jacques Calvé (1875–1954), French orthopaedist. Defined vertebra plana, advanced spinal TB care, and described Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease
Arthur Legg
Arthur Thornton Legg (1874–1939), American orthopaedic surgeon, described Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease, clarifying its non-tuberculous origin
Georg Perthes
Georg Perthes (1869–1927), German surgeon. Described Perthes’ test for varicose veins (1895) and arthritis deformans juvenilis, later known as Perthes disease (1910)