A trip from north to south.
I was a general surgeon. This is a medical show so don’t go below the line if you’re squeamish.
Some pretty gross pictures – so be warned.
Some of the photos below you may find disturbing. Do Not click the READ MORE sign if you are squeamish. They are all medical photos.
A problem of insufficient Investigative tools.
In down country Ethiopia we used to say that in interpersonal trauma the rich – shot each other; the middle class knifed each other; the poor speared each other. We saw many other cases injured with digging hoes, machetes, stones etc, but the case for today was a spearing in the late 1960’s. A young…
Just looking at a picture…
I decided today that, as I’m about a month ahead in the daily devotional articles As I read it (plainly understanding the Bible) that I produce, it is time to do a medical article. So I decided to open my photo gallery and just write about a picture. I love kids so I’ll go to…
Diaphragm Injuries
Over the years I have seen a number of diaphragm injuries. Four come to mind as very interestingly different. While I was doing a lot of chest surgery, I received an urgent call to come to the OR, where a an obstetrician friend was doing a Caesarian Section. The patient had been in a car…
Upcoming book.
A few years ago I wrote a book, probably better called a booklet, for my students as they began their clinical surgical courses in fourth year of a six year course. It was relevant to their situation with lack of facilities and language difficulties. Their ability to read thick tomes was limited, so I tried…
Cervical osteomyelitis in an infant
I wish that I had had better investigative equipment. I wish that I had had more energy and time to write things up on the spot. As we all know you cannot relive the past. So in my old age I dwell among memories. Some of them very special memories. And that includes this little…
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