Wallaby tendon is not just a useful material for surgical sutures.; it can be analyzed for its elastic properties in comparison to the tendons of other animals, and can be used as a model in surgical studies. Physiologists have also been interested in the kinetics of kangaroo and wallaby hopping, to address issues such as […]
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Nurse, please pass the 27-gauge wallaby tendon
The Australasian Medical Gazette was a normal medical journal in most respects, with the addition of occasional features relevant to the unique concerns of the doctor practicing in rural Australia (or New Zealand). These ranged from advice on how to avoid being outcompeted by fraudulently subsidized Friendly Societies in the western goldfields, to the report […]
The diseased, skeptical (spinning?) eyes of Tasmania (1899)
These illustrations come from “Some of the Rarer Forms of Eye Disease,” G. H. Hogg, The Australasian Medical Gazette (July 20, 1899), vol. XVIII, no. 6, pp. 282-285. In A1, we see the distressing phenomenon in which a patient’s eyes turn into pinwheels and spin uncontrollably. In C, D, and E, the patient’s face adopts […]
The most Curious Work ever Published?
As far back as 1882, the publishers of ‘The Sydney Slang Dictionary’ (which listed such phrases) insisted that it was “By far the most Curious Work ever Published.” The question of whether it actually was or not, and/or whether even curiouser publications might have appeared since then, remains highly debatable. Either way, an article in […]