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Blood letting was a popular "treatment" for centuries. The practice was based on the theory of balancing the body's humours- phlegm, yellow bile, black bile & blood. Incredibly, bloodletting was still being recommended to treat a fever in a major medical textbook as late as 1942!

A Weiss improved amputation saw from the 1850s. John Weiss improved amputating saws when he realised surgeons were being slowed down by tissue clogging the teeth of the saw blade. He designed the slots, like the ones on this blade, to help clear the teeth during the operation.

When will autonomous robotic surgery become reality?

Diagnosis? How would you manage

Headache cure circa 1895 #histmed #historyofmedicine #neurology #headache #pastmedicalhistory

77 yo, MDRD 50. Who would do partial?

Patient presenting with painless hematuria 2 weeks after partial nephrectomy. Diagnosis?

Tuberculosis (TB) was called “phthisis” in Ancient Greece and “tabes” in ancient Rome. In the 1700s, TB was called “the white plague” due to the paleness of the patients. TB was commonly called “consumption” in the 1800s even after Schonlein named it tuberculosis.

CM901 (chemo/nivo vs chemo in 1st line UC) shows impressive results for the combo in lymph nodes only disease (20% of patients, CR: 63% vs 34% & mOS: 46 vs 26 mnths). Swimlane plot highlights about half the CRs relapse in both arms, but treatment free survival is possible #ASCO24

Laparoscopic nephrectomy in polycystic kidney disease, with morcellation technique. Using 4 small incisions, of which the largest is only 5cm. Total operating time 140 mins, hospital stay 2 days.

Walter Dandy, the legendary Hopkins neurosurgeon, almost never operated on nights or weekends. The one time he had to do an emergent night case, he simply started the next day’s list of lumbar spine operations immediately afterward (at ~4 am) and finished before 8 am. 🔪🧠

One of my biggest heroes, David Lynch, has passed away. He was a true visionary who showed us the beauty in the strange and the profound in the everyday. Rest in peace, David Lynch. Your legacy will live on forever.