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Category Archives: Medical Arts & Science
Trick or Treat? – Cerro Gordo, California & Dr. Swift’s Magic Power
Dr. Swift took advantage of the age of hysteria – ‘are you depressed, irritable, suffering from the usual female ailments?’ – so travelling the US making house-calls, he did go. One area in which Dr. Swift hung his hat … Continue reading
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Dr. James Pettit’s Eye Salve, Please!
James Pettit – (1777 Albany NY – 1849 Fredonia, NY) physician: later specializing in optical surgery. In 1843, the first batch of Pettit’s Eye Salve was manufactured – fifteen dozen tins. His son Eber M. Pettit, acted as the firm’s … Continue reading
How To Rock A Hanky: Educational Health & Safety
Have you been the victim of Mr. or Mrs. Planet Rude, whom just so happened to sit behind you after boarding a bus, train or plane while you sat quietly, minding your own business – perhaps enjoying the novel you’ve chosen … Continue reading
POSTMORTEM – The Pattern of Hypostasis
Cessation of circulation and loss of muscle tone after death allows blood within vessels to ‘settle under gravity’, producing a pink/ purple colour in those areas of the body that are lowest, or ‘dependent’. In a body lying on its … Continue reading
Forensic Toxicology – With I. Keränen
As a practicing forensic pathologist in a busy office, I am confronted every week with a stack of toxicology reports from my cases. Most are simple to interpret—the multiple GSW with (inconsequential) trace cocaine; the slam-dunk OD with a needle … Continue reading
Cocaine & The Process of Human Decomposition
The time taken for a body to decompose can vary greatly due to a wide range of factors that can affect the process. Perhaps the most significant factor in the rate of decomposition is temperature and environment. Warmer temperatures will … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Culture, Medical Arts & Science
Tagged body, body farm, cadaver, climate, cocaine, corpse, drugs, elements, insect, Process of Human Decomposition, submerged, temperature
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Speakeasy: Medicinal Alcohol & Prohibition Prescriptions
During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury Department authorized physicians to write prescriptions for medicinal alcohol. Licensed doctors, with pads of government-issued prescription forms printed on treasury paper, advised their patients to take regular doses of hooch to stave off a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Entertainment, Medical Arts & Science, Wartime
Tagged 18th Amendment, Al Capone, booze, clubs, dance hall, doctors, Empire Distillery, home parties, hooch, Man Cave, Medical Cannabis, medicinal alcohol, nurses, pharmacy, prescription, private, Prohibition, quackery, Roaring 20s, Sleeman Brewery, speakeasy, The National Prohibition Act, U.S. Treasury Department, whiskey, wine
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Charcot’s Photography
Jean-Martin Charcot is known as the father of modern neurology and was instrumental in many new developments in the fields of pathology, psychiatry, and internal medicine. Salpetriere Hospital, originally built by King Louis XIII for the purpose of storing gun powder, … Continue reading
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