Topic: medical history
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Dead Ends: A Fun, Macabre Medical History for Kids
The book "Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops, and Failures that Sparked Medical Marvels" by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal presents historical medical errors as engaging educational stories for young readers, highlighting how failures led to discoveries. It features examples like Robert Koch's Tubercul...
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Diet Soda Resolves Woman's Mystery Pain and Vomiting
A patient with complex medical history presented with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting that were unresponsive to remedies. Diagnostic imaging revealed an enlarged bile duct and a stomach mass with trapped air, leading to a diagnosis of a gastric bezoar. Gastric bezoars are concretions ...
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Neanderthals Drilled Cavities for Toothache Relief 59,000 Years Ago
A Neanderthal in Siberia approximately 59,000 years ago received the oldest known dental procedure, where a sharp stone tool was used to drill into an infected tooth to remove diseased tissue and relieve pain. The tooth, a third upper molar found at Chagyrskaya Cave, has a large hole extending in...
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6 science stories you might have missed
A July roundup highlights overlooked science stories, including a cyborg cockroach with a diving suit, confirmation that a Medici duke died of malaria, evidence of a companion star to Betelgeuse, and evidence that ancient Egyptian princesses were skilled archers. New analysis of the Boy of Cerro ...
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