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painful and can be done as an outpatient treatment. Another treatment option is Moh’s micrographic surgery which is done with a small scalpel. They take out the tumor and check the skin with a microscope to make sure the surrounding tissue is healthy. This treatment is used on squamous cell carcinoma at a 95% cure rate. Excisional surgery is done with a scalpel by a physician they remove the tumor and surrounding tissue for clearance. The site is then stitched up and has a 92% cure…

Sometimes too much of a good thing is not good for too long. Which is why some are wondering if Grey’s Anatomy season 13 is the last. If you think about it hard, Grey’s Anatomy started to air on screen in 2005. The series focuses on medical staff - resident doctors, nurses and interns. The title itself is a play on Henry Grey’s anatomy text book but revolves around the life of one Dr. Meredith Grey. But is Grey’s Anatomy season 13 the last season for the medical crew? Here are reasons why the…

Wound is a case of injury that is often experienced by humans due to trauma with the occurrence of tissue damage. One type of injury is an injury caused by a sharp object such as a knife or a scalpel. Injuries can occur in diabetics. The Chinese castor plant (Jatropha multifida L.) has long been used to treat wounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gel preparation and transdermal patch of ethyl acetate extract of J. multifida L. sticks to the length of wound closure, the…

Greeks and Romans chewed the leaves of the willow tree for pain and other medical purposes this part of the willow tree later became the main component in aspirin. They also pioneered battlefield medicine and surgery as a whole. They would use a scalpel and sterilized it by putting them in boiling water. A Greek physician by the name of Galen was an instrumental key to the development of medical philosophy and anatomy. Galen was the physician that discovered that the arteries carry blood not air…

J.D. Schraffenberger begins his piece by introducing three stories related to the overall theme of the essay about harming babies. His first story is the most morbid, discussing how until recently it was not known that babies even feel pain, and before operating on a baby, doctors would administer muscle relaxers instead of anesthesia. Such a topic is already disturbing by nature, but Schraffenberger’s choices create additional negative sentiments. From the first sentence, “newborns can only see…

Traditionally, the public’s attitude toward criminal offenders is one of revenge and punishment, not charity and restoration. “Convicted criminals deserve what’s coming to them” seems to be the descriptive phrase. Beginning with the Enlightenment (1650-1789), scholars argued for pragmatic law enforcement and more scientific and humane prison management. A common belief in the power of reason led to optimism that rational public policies could virtually eliminate crime and rehabilitate…

Melany across the hospital hallway. Everyone staring and whispering, but no one would seem to speak a word. When Melany finally found Victoria, it was too late. She’d gone into a surgery room and stabbed herself three times in the stomach with a scalpel knife and still in agony, she was pointing the knife to her throat ready to…

removed. The surgery site will be sterilized. For each tumor to be removed, the surgeon will make a small incision in order to get to the tumor. Using a clamp style tool, the tumor will be raised up to the surface where it will be cut away with a scalpel or surgical scissors. Once the surgeon is assured that all of the tumor has been removed, the area will be closed below the skin surface with a few sutures. A pressure block may be placed on the incision site for a while to prevent the…

*** Luigi Galvani used an electrostatic machine that produced sparks on frog legs and began to investigate the muscular contractions produced by electricity. Galvani discovered that the frog leg would contract if a scalpel touched the frog’s nerves when the machine was on.
 More comprehensive experiments by Galvani showed that a dead frog’s leg could be made to twitch by electrical stimulation. Galvani also showed that the same twitching could be produced by touching the leg with a copper hook…

Specifically, spaying can be accomplished through removing the ovaries of a female pet or by removing the entire uterus. There are two ways a veterinarian can accomplish a spaying procedure, with a laser or a scalpel. Using a laser is known as a laparoscopic ovariectomy whereas using a scalpel during this procedure, is known as a traditional spaying or an ovariohysterectomy. When deciding which method of spaying a pet…