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Coloured X-ray of a prosthetic (artificial) shoulder joint (black, upper left). The prosthesis has been cemented into the shaft of the humerus (upper-arm bone, centre left), to replace the fractured end of the bone.
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Snappy Answers from the March 13th, 2012 edition of the Medical Post.
Splayed on the table of our atrium sat an old edition of the Medical Post. It was slightly torn and ruffled around the edges but held together easily at its stapled spine. Having arrived early for my afternoon workshop, I pulled it over to pass the time. Skimming through the pages, I saw this full spread and found it quite amusing. In a busy, fast-paced profession like medicine, you have to be able to poke fun at yourself every once in a while.
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L’equilibre hormonal de la grossesse, illus. Pascalini.
Image from Le Livre de la Sante by Joseph Handler (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1967) volume 7: La systeme endocrinien. Les organes genitaux.
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“Harlequin Fetus”
The fact that this infant is noted to be 8 months old in this photograph is indicative of a form of ichthyosis other than Harlequin-type. Prior to the 1950s, there were only a small handful of cases with that syndrome that survived beyond half a year, and prior to the invention of Isoretinoin (Isotrex/Accutane) in the early 1980s, there were no cases that survived beyond their late-childhood years.
At birth and in infancy, severe lamellar ichthyosis has the potential to appear very similar to Harlequin-type ichthyosis, but with thinner “scales” and cracked tiles of skin. They’re also both autosomal recessive genetic disorders. Despite their similar presentations, the various forms of lamellar ichthyosis are due to genes which cause proliferative hyperkeratosis (creating and shedding keratin at a much higher rate than normal), and Harlequin-type ichthyosis is due to a combination of proliferative and retentive hyperkeratosis - that is, they both create keratinized skin layers much too fast, but they don’t shed them as fast as they’re created.
Textbook of Pediatrics. Emil Feer, 1900.
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Medical Students in Paris
This video made by some fellow medical students is clever and entertaining. Medical school can drive you crazy, but thankfully while working our way through the process, we can find ways to escape and claim our sanity back.
This is so so so great.
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Autopsy: Emergency Room - Lesson 2 - Massive Blood Loss
In this three-part series, anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens and Consultant in Accident & Emergency, Dr John Heyworth use real cadavers to illustrate how injuries and wounds can cause trauma and death, and show us how to treat them.
*you will need a Youtube account to verify your age as these videos are flagged for 18+ as they contain dissections of real human cadavers and nudity.
