Cadaver

and doctors were much higher than those delivered by midwives. He noticed that the medical students were coming in contact with cadavers and then delivering babies afterwards. However, the midwives were delivering babies without cadaver contact, so the mortality rates were low. So Semmelweis created an experiment where physicians washed their hands after working on cadavers and then delivering babies. As they started putting more emphasis on their hygiene along with the washing of surgical…

scanner. Though the payoff is extraordinary, facilities would need a great amount of funding before the installation of a CT scanner takes place. Post mortem CT scanning is limited by the absence of intravenous contrast techniques to the study as the cadaver lacks the circulation needed to highlight vascular structures. Lastly, a limitation in the involvement of x-rays in forensic sciences is the possibility of a victim never receiving an x-ray examination in one’s lifetime, resulting in the…

relative that matches in tissue type the success rate of transplantation is 90%. If the tissue match is less close, even from a close relative the success rate is way less, like the same odds as for a poorly matched cadaver kidney. The probability of getting a good match from a cadaver is also less than from a close relative. The patient has her parents and 2 older siblings who undergo tissue typing to check if they are a tissue match. The results showed that the father is an excellent match,…

Prologue Gasps of terror echoed throughout the room as the gruesome spectacle was brought in. Pope Stephen VI grinned, triumphantly, as his will was worked. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. The basilica was filled with exclamations as the object was seated on the chair, and members of the jury covered their eyes. Even before the rich linen veil was lifted, the audience knew what was being covered. They had heard about Pope Stephen VI’s insane requests, and his eerie ideas. The…

Background: Emergency thoracotomy is a rare but lifesaving procedure in victims of chest trauma especially with penetrating wounds. In the United States, 9 percent of all trauma-related deaths occur from injuries to the thorax, of which one-third involve a penetrating mechanism. In an internal survey, 80% of cardiothoracic surgeons felt that special training is required and only 7% reported that they regularly practice emergency thoracotomy in arrest. We plan to develop an emergency thoracotomy…

of San Francisco, and shortly thereafter became a teaching assistant for my Anatomy professor. In these settings, I was utilized the PBL approach where my scientific knowledge had greatly expanded. I facilitated group demonstrations of the human cadaver, tutored students in and out of class, and made anatomy relatable and understanding to my peers. I developed leadership skills as I assumed more responsibility, and applied all the knowledge I learned from lab to various clinical settings…

We as humans, feel neglect. We feel depressed, and we react upon those feelings. We get angry, sad, impatient, and sometimes violent. Everyone experiences it, even animals. The American Pitbull Terrier experiences it the most. This canine faces constant fear from people everyday because of its past. However, most Pit Bulls in modern times are kind and loyal. They’re highly misunderstood animals. The American Pitbull Terrier is actually not a dog breed. “Pitbull” is actually a term to describe…

The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignác Semmelweis (Great Discoveries.) By Sherwin B. Nuland. 191 pp., illustrated. New York, Norton, 2003. $21.95. ISBN: 0-393-05299-0 One out of every six women who delivered under the care of doctors and medical students at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus of Vienna died of a mysterious illness. Theories like miasmas and milk-metastasis (a blockage of breast milk that resulted in the redirection of milk into the body) tried to shed…

"The Black Plague" It was a regular day in beautiful Marseille, it was 1348 and even when the day was beautiful once could smell the fear of the people in the ambient. Word had spread that the black death was taking many victims. Everyone was worried, everyone except Mr. and Mrs. Dupont. They were newly weds and they were living on their own happiness bubble. Andrew Dupont was a young doctor, he was obsessed with medicine, but he became even more obsessed with his beautiful wife. They were so in…

to die - in some cases very soon - and you put a healthy organ into them and it just transforms them.” He particularly likes the challenge of transplanting organs into complex cases such as mine, and getting to know them and their families. The day after surgery, I already felt remarkably well and began eating a normal diet. Steve however, did not fare as well as I did. After making the small incision in Steve’s abdomen to remove his kidney laparoscop-ically, they realized they would need to…