Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion...

You might not know the name, but you have heard it countless times - and you either love or loathe Opus Number 1Opus Number 1 is copyright Tim Carleton and Darrick Deel. Parts reproduced here under fair dealing exceptions of the Copyrig...

Just like a fistful of black jellybeans from the chemist, "liquorice induced pseudohyperaldosteronism" is a challenging mouthful. Just how does liquorice cause high blood pressure and low potassium?ReferencesAllcock E, J Cowd...

Carl Wunderlich's seminal 1868 work "The Course of Temperature in Disease" defined the average human body temperature as 37 degrees celsius, a number that is still frequently quoted today. But the question of the average body temperature is far...

Join me on a truly low yield romp through the history of measuring medical equipment, spanning three countries and three centuries.References:Iverson 1987 “J.-F.-B. Charriere: The Man Behind the ‘French’ Gauge’”, The Jour...