A skiagram of the chest, showing miliary mottling, suggestive of Pulmonary Koch's Disease in both lungs. there is also an opacity of the right upper lobe suggestive of active pulmonary disease. Patient was an 84 year old man, with a long history of TB for the treatment of which he was a multiple defaulter. The … Continue reading When Diseases Talk: Tuberculosis and Its Impression on Literature
Tag: History of Medicine
Argyll Robertson: Better Be His Pupil, Than Have It!
Argyll Robertson pupils (“AR pupils”) are bilateral small pupils that constrict when the patient focuses on a near object (they “accommodate”), but do not constrict when exposed to bright light (they do not “react” to light). This condition is colloquially referred to as the "Whore's Eye" because of the association with tertiary syphilis and because … Continue reading Argyll Robertson: Better Be His Pupil, Than Have It!
Harry Potter and Corynebacterium
One of the earliest posts on this blog was a Harry Potter movie review. So it is only fitting that with the final installment of the Harry Potter octology set to release in a few days, the Pottermaniacs like me are getting worked up and to celebrate that spirit, I decided to log in this … Continue reading Harry Potter and Corynebacterium
Valentine’s Day Special: John Hunter
In this special series, I will try to head up to Valentine’s Day with a series of posts to celebrate the day of love with posts not quite so pink and rosey. And I will start with the volatile Scottish surgeon: John Hunter! Yeah. You read that right! Read on, to understand why I chose … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Special: John Hunter
Nikolay Pirogov: 200 Years to Nowhere
I had heard of Nikola Pirogov as one of the early propounder of Anesthesia in surgery and also as the father of field surgery. It came to my attention that a BMJ Blog was written to celebrate the hero that he was HERE. I must say I did not know that he was that huge a figure in … Continue reading Nikolay Pirogov: 200 Years to Nowhere
Scepticemia 