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Surgery and Scotland have a historic relationship- indeed, many famous surgeons such as Robert Liston, John Hunter and Charles Bell hail from the nation. While visiting Scotland, I found out about the Surgeons’ Hall museums at Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and couldn’t give it a miss! The museum has four components- a history of …
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Modern surgery, with it’s ability to perform invasive procedures in a controlled manner to treat patients is a hallmark of human progress. Surgery involves so many professionals with different areas of expertise working together to ensure that a patient’s treatment goes smoothly. I myself have always been keen on learning more about it, but as …
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It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog- applying to and then joining university has been fun and interesting, but time has been rather limited. However, I’ve recently taken up learning a skill that I have found to be very exciting and worth writing about – coding. Of course, coding isn’t something that …
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Written by bestselling author Adam Kay, ‘Twas the nightshift before Christmas’ is a hilarious, horrifying and often heartbreaking book that will surely bring a smile to your face. Kay delves back into his junior doctor diaries once again, this time focusing on the many Christmases he spent in the hospital, away from friends and family. …
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Anatomy in general is quite interesting, and a fish dissection is an activity that allows one to explore and learn. It also helps one develop a better understanding of the human anatomy as a whole. While fish anatomy isn’t human anatomy, it’s not extremely difficult to find areas of similarity between the two. For instance, …
Neurosurgery is a specialty that has always intrigued me- the human brain is a complex, unique and fascinating organ, and those who treat it require years and years of training, along with the ability to withstand significant mental and physical stress. Few books cover a neurosurgeon’s life as well as ‘Brain Surgeon’ written by Dr. …
Allow me to take you on a journey to a typical surgical theatre of the 1850s. While making your way to the theatre, you see the windows of the hospital being opened and hear the words ’Miasma.’ As you enter the theatre, you hear the cries of a writhing man on a dirty operating table. …
By this time, I’m sure most of us have already seen the coronavirus structure. It’s sort of like a ball, but far less fun to play with. While we’ve seen the virus in pictures, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used this structure to produce music! The music that you hear represents the various …
When we talk about books related to medicine, one often comes across books whose authors extensively write about their own experiences in medicine – their first day as a surgical resident, the first complex procedure that they performed solo, the kinds of patients they operate on, etc. However, one hardly comes across books that explore …
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The Nobel for medicine has been awarded to a scientist trio- Dr. William G. Kaelin, from Harvard University, Dr. Peter Ratcliffe from the UK’s University of Oxford, and Dr. Gregg L. Semenza from Johns Hopkins University. Their research on how cells adapt to various levels of oxygen availability has opened up many new ways to fight often fatal diseases …
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