What do Sheep Have to do with Blood Transfusions? Today blood transfusion is a common life-saving treatment for trauma patients, surgical patients, and others. Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to Frances’s Louis XIV, is generally credited with performing the first human blood transfusion. In 1667, Denys transfused a 15-year-old boy who had been bled so much…
What are Grand Rounds? In the late 19th century, Sir William Osler, the father of modern medicine, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Medical School, and John Hopkins’ first professor of medicine, introduced an innovative physician-to-physician teaching forum to disseminate cutting-edge medical knowledge at the bedside. This became known as grand rounds. During grand…
My Top Five List of Medical Movies COVID-19 has probably closed down your local theatre. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the movies at home, especially those with a medical theme. So, grab some popcorn and a soda, and cuddle up with your laptop with my top five favorite medical-themed movies to help…
What’s the difference between family and internal medicine? This is perhaps one of the most confusing questions for many students (and patients alike), particularly when referring to internists who practice general internal medicine. However, there are fundamental differences in the focus, training, and patient care activities of these two specialties. Internal Medicine: Primary Care for…
Patient Presents with a “Fishy” Eye Nothing ruins a day at the beach quite like getting a fish bone stuck in your eyeball. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to a beachgoer visiting the Red Sea in 2015. The 52- year-old tourist was swimming in the Red Sea when he collided with a school of fish. Not…
What are Grand Rounds? In the late 19th century, Sir William Osler, the father of modern medicine, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Medical School, and John Hopkins’ first professor of medicine, introduced an innovative physician-to-physician teaching forum to disseminate cutting-edge medical knowledge at the bedside. This became known as grand rounds. During grand…