Comments on: Inner scents

By: Cardiology blue team :: medicinalchemistry

Cardiology blue team :: medicinalchemistry — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:31:14 +0000

[...] thing that bothered me, though, was the noxious smell caused by the use of a diathermy (electrosurgical knife), which cauterises as it cuts. Cutting tissue using intense heat means that, [...]

By: Disturbing « The Sterile Eye

Disturbing « The Sterile Eye — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:59:59 +0000

[...] I’ve written before, the smell from electrocautery (diathermy) can be very intense and sometimes downright nauseating. [...]

By: Inner scents revisited « The Sterile Eye

Inner scents revisited « The Sterile Eye — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:54:15 +0000

[...] while ago I wrote a post about the smell of smoke from electrosurgery, wherein I said: Opening the abdominal cavity does not [...]

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:32:32 +0000

Your description of diathermy remains me when I spent a few days working in a Crematory some years ago.
although the room isn’t filled with smoke, there is still this almost sweet smell of something…
This was also in December, although I cannot confirm, but maybe some other readers here can, it was the most busy month.