Mevrouw M. had jeuk en krabde tot het hersenvocht naar buiten kwam, misschien een kwestie van perceptie. Hoogst fascinerend. The New Yorker, Annals of Medicine, The Itch. Its mysterious power may be a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies: “The theory—and a theory is all it is right now—has begun to make [...]
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The Bassett Collection
February 26th, 2008
“The masseter muscle of mastication reflected back to expose the jawbone (mandible) and the related vessels, nerves and muscles.” (Flickr) The Bassett Collection: “The Basset Collection, which now belongs to Stanford University’s School of Medicine, is the definitive dissection collection available to medical students and instructors. These incredibly detailed dissections show and label most every [...]
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Busting Medical Myths
December 22nd, 2007
BMJ, Medical myths: “Physicians understand that practicing good medicine requires the constant acquisition of new knowledge, though they often assume their existing medical beliefs do not need re-examination. These medical myths are a light hearted reminder that we can be wrong and need to question what other falsehoods we unwittingly propagate as we practice medicine. [...]
Doctors who kill
July 6th, 2007
“Finally, consider our personalities. Most of us are grounded, normal people. But messianic and visionary delusions come naturally with the medical territory. The everyday business of medicine creates a god complex in some practitioners that first blinds them, and then seduces them to view their deviltry as noble work toward higher purposes.” Regina Dwyer: Doctors [...]
links for 2006-06-02
June 2nd, 2006
Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society » Blog Archive » Harvey’s Anatomical Table “These beautiful specimens of varnished arteries on top of cedar wood belonged to William Harvey, discoverer of the circulatory system. They are dated to about 1650.” (tags: art medicine)