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As a medical student and medical intern, I prided myself on my ability to get blood samples from ‘difficult to stick’ patients, and I can remember IV drug abusers teaching us students how to find their veins, as they were the most expert of all in finding a difficult to stick vessel. Now, today, two …
Measles is an extremely contagious virus that has virtually been eliminated from the United States since the 1990’s due to broad-ranging immunization of children throughout the country. Now, with the desire to avoid immunizations for their children, we are seeing a resurgence of this illness. To understand the history of this disease and to get …
Among the best parts of this time of year is all of the graduations going on around us, and the best part of graduations are the ‘best of the best’ commencement addresses that are given. There have been many especially good ones over the years, although I’ve never been privy to personally seeing one given, …
Well….my title for this piece is not quite accurate, but it rhymes! I’m talking about the famous patient from the past, Phineas Gage. His story if one of the ‘classics’ of neurology, as he had a severe injury from an explosion that damaged his brain, and he lived to tell about it. Although never formally …