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Candy Brain

April 27, 2012 § Leave a comment

2 cm candy brain specimen shot on a double glass plate.

A case report in the latest issue of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association describes a 7-month-old boy who was admitted to hospital after problems with drooling, vomiting of any non-mashed food and laboured breathing. Thoracic CT revealed a star-shaped foreign body stuck in the esophageal wall (above). The foreign body was removed endoscopically and turned out to be an 18 mm large plastic star from a christmas decoration.

And with that story The Sterile Eye wish all readers and friends a merry christmas and a happy new year!

Mugshots

September 26, 2011 § Leave a comment

Photo from the Museum of Photographic Arts Collections. Public domain.

If you ever got your picture taken in school you will know that photographers who shoot people tend to stick with a set of jokes and phrases they know will get the photos they need every time. Wedding photographers know how to get the look they need from their couples and us medical photographers know how to make our patients relax. Did I say the jokes work every time? Well, almost. « Read the rest of this entry »

Summer of Love?

July 17, 2011 § Leave a comment

I’ll spend most of the summer away from internet connections, so there won’t be any posts for some weeks. Looking forward to spend long summer days with my two daughters, but as always the big question is: will this be a summer of sisterly love or hate? Have a good one :)

Found Anatomy

May 30, 2011 § 1 Comment

Left upper extremity found in the medical student’s practical skills center. Tip of thumb missing. Multiple flesh wounds, most of them sutured but none of them healed. « Read the rest of this entry »

An Old Joke

April 3, 2011 § Leave a comment

Photo by carroserrano on Flickr. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

I like people who don’t take themselves too seriously. This guy with vasculitis in his big toe certainly didn’t. « Read the rest of this entry »

Aspiring Surgeon

March 27, 2011 § 2 Comments

My three-year-old daughter wants to be a surgeon when she grows up. The question is: Would anyone trust her?

Don’t Light As Cartooned

January 20, 2011 § 2 Comments

"Figure 125 - The best single suggestion for good lighting is: DON'T do it as cartooned." Click to see larger version.

Good lighting requires simplicity. The least number of lamps possible should be employed. The greatest intensity should be directed at or near the center of the area of interest. The major lighting recommendation is summarized in Figure 125.

The OR Before CCTV

January 18, 2011 § 2 Comments

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From the March 1948 issue of Mechanix Illustrated:

Telescopes and mirror give many eyes a close-up view of a delicate cataract operation which heretofore could be observed by only one or two. It happened in Doctors’ Hospital, L. A.

I can’t help but think that they wrestled for the best places, and that those in front (who obviously won) must be orthopedists. Who else would have the muscle to subdue a whole gang of ophthalmologists? But then again, why are they interested in a cataract operation?

Hat tip to Modern Mechanix.

A Watch for the Blind

October 22, 2010 § 5 Comments

This is a pocket watch I’ve inherited after my great-grandfather. Working as a farmer on the northwest coast of Norway he injured one of his eyes while mending a wire fence. Some time later he injured the other eye in the exact same way, making him completely blind. The watch has no glass cover and the numbers are indicated with braille-like dots.

The blindness did not stop him from providing his family with an income. Although he couldn’t go on as a farmer, he started making a living as a cabinetmaker. He died a few years before I was born.

Larger and additional photos available on my Flickr page.

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