The next day I got all the rest of the tests back. I presented the patient to my staff at ward rounds. “Cancer.” he said. But as labs trickled back, no sign of cancer.
A heart wrenching lesson in life: learned early, learned well. Part 1 of 3.
I said “Ma’m, look at me and look at him. When did he last look like me?” She said “before 3 weeks ago”.
The carbon monoxide story. Part 1.0 "So ... Can You Use It to Cure Something?"
It started with an interest in measuring bronchial* tone. The trachea* and the bronchi are not just passive tubes: they actively constrict and dilate.
From Death to Life
In May 1944 21 year old Rachel Berneman was on a death march of prisoners leaving Auschwitz ahead of advancing Russians. Rachel was sleeping the same bunk with Hanna , who she believed was her last living relative.