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Tag: marsupials

Further studies on wallaby tendon

February 22, 2014 Amboceptor

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 […]

Arts and Scienceaustralia, Leeds, marsupials, surgery, Treadmill

Nurse, please pass the 27-gauge wallaby tendon

February 20, 2014 Amboceptor

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 […]

Arts and Scienceaustralia, marsupials, surgery
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