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Claudius Amyand (c. 1680–1740) of the first appendectomy

February 1, 2023

On the southwest corner of London’s Hyde Park once stood St. George’s Hospital, now relocated to the suburbs. It had been founded in 1733 by a group of surgeons who moved there from the Westminster Hospital. Among them was a surgeon whose Huguenot parents had fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of […]

Our divisive political climate and our ability to treat patients without bias

April 24, 2019

Shane Sobrio Washington, DC, United States   Image courtesy of the author Politics are divisive. That should not be a shock to anyone. However, the political climate in the USA at the moment is more than just divisive. Lately, there seems to be an underlying disdain for those we disagree with, in a way that […]