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Healthcare Spending in the United States

September 2, 2010

United States healthcare spending in 2009 averaged more than $8000 per person, for a total of $2.5 trillion (17.6% of gross domestic product.) By … [Read more...]

Origin of the Word “Anesthesia”

August 23, 2010

The term "anesthesia" was coined in 1846 by physician and noted poet Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr. in a letter to William G. Morton, the dentist who is … [Read more...]

Dr. Harvey Cushing – Pulitizer Prize Winner

July 19, 2010

The only surgeon to win a Pulitizer Prize was Harvey Cushing, who was awarded the prize in 1925 for his biography of fellow Johns Hopkins titan Dr. … [Read more...]

Ephraim McDowell, Pioneering Surgeon

July 18, 2010

Kentucky physician Ephraim McDowell (1771-1830) has the distinction in American surgery of being the first surgeon to perform an intraabdominal … [Read more...]

Kit Carson, Master Hunting-Knife Surgeon

July 17, 2010

Christopher "Kit" Carson is an American hunter, trapper, and frontiersman whose exploits leading John Fremont on his expeditions to the West are now … [Read more...]

American Cancer Society Releases List of 19 Chemicals To Be Avoided

July 16, 2010

The American Cancer Society has named a list of 19 chemicals and shift work as things that may very likely signficantly increase the risk of cancer. … [Read more...]

Pre-eminent Surgeon Dr. William S. Halsted’s Death… From A Post-Operative Surgical Complication

July 6, 2010

Pioneering late eighteenth and early nineteenth century surgeon Dr. William S. Halsted was operated on August 25, 1922 at the age of 70 for a "biliary … [Read more...]

Snake Oil – Effective Treatment Or Is It Just… Snake Oil?

July 4, 2010

Snake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine obtained from the Chinese water snake Enhydris chinensis. Although it is still sold in traditional Chinese … [Read more...]

Tattoos on Bronze Age Mummy Discovered In 1991 – Acupuncture Points?

June 15, 2010

Scientists were thrilled in 1991 when hikers in Austria discovered the nearly completely preserved body of a Bronze Age man man frozen in a glacier. … [Read more...]

Gin As Medicinal

June 14, 2010

Gin as medicinal treatment has been used for several hundred years. The modern day spirit known as gin was developed by Dutch physician Fransciscus … [Read more...]

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