How realistic are the medical practices in medical-themed romance novels? Dr. Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld investigated. Dr. Langeveld chose to publish his results in a medical journal, rather than in a romance novel. His study is: “Medical Mistakes in Doctors Novels,” Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld, Nederlands Tijdschrift Geneeskunde, 2011;155:A4372. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether doctors novels give […]
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A slip of the pen (followed by 25 years of writer’s blockage)
A pen in the wrong hands can be dangerous. This medical case report shows one specific danger (and also demonstrates the fine quality of pen manufacturing 25 years ago): “An incidental finding of a gastric foreign body 25 years after ingestion,” Oliver Richard Waters, Tawfique Daneshmend, Tarek Shirazi, BMJ Case Reports 2011. The authors, at […]
Pork-Cat Syndrome, and Posthumus news thereof
This is one of the earliest medical reports on record about Pork-Cat Syndrome: “The pork-cat syndrome: effect of sensitization to cats on sensitization to pork meat. Apropos of a case“, [article in French] M. Drouet, M.G. Lauret and A. Sabbah, Allergie et Immunologie, 1994 Oct;26(8):305-6. The authors, at Laboratoire d’Immuno-Allergologie, CHU, Angers, France, report: “A […]
An innovative role for dominoes in sex
This medical study describes a new use for the old-fashioned amusement devices called dominoes: “Subcutaneous Penile Insertion of Domino Fragments by Incarcerated Males in Southwest United States Prisons: A Report of Three Cases,” Steven J. Hudak [pictured here], James McGeady, Alan W. Shindel and Benjamin N. Breyer, Journal of Sexual Medicine, epub November 14, 2011. (Thanks […]