Hippocrates – Brooklyn Transplant

Vertigo

If you are of a certain age the word ‘vertigo’ may bring to mind images of a terrified Jimmy Stewart and the luminous Kim Novak. Perhaps the Golden Gate Bridge will also crowd into your memory, as will the name… Continue Reading →

Doctors who write; It all began with Ctesius of Cnidus

A question I am often asked about my first novel, A Little Piece of Me, is: why did you write it? This is usually followed by: how long did it take? I also get asked if it is based on something… Continue Reading →

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Trepanation – (or releasing demons)

Trepanation, or trephining, may well represent the earliest wound inflicted by one human being on another for the purpose of healing and can be considered the beginning of the practice of surgery and the earliest tangible evidence of medical… Continue Reading →

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Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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