Ice, Ice baby
My sister is always munching on ice, and truthfully, it’s kind of annoying to have that constant crunchy noise in the background. We all tried to get her to stop but she just wouldn’t give up the ‘habit’. She is a bit nutty anyway, so we just let it go hoping that eventually she would [...]
Collapsed Veins
I was volunteering at the hospital today, and Mr. X was there because of alcohol-related poisoning. The nurse in charge of him was kind enough to let me shadow and help her, while she tried to get some blood samples. Surprisingly to me however, she couldn’t find a single vein in either of his arms. [...]
Surgery videos from 1930′s (WiredScience)
Wired Science pulled out some awesome black-and-white surgery videos from the 1930s from the annals of British Medical Association. Warning: They are pretty gruesome but show how complex surgeries were done back in the day with somewhat primitive tools and no computers. I highly recommend it just because it’s pretty fascinating.
