History of medical discoveries

A cool little timeline of the history of medical discoveries.

Although I suppose it's understandable why they chose otherwise, I still wish they had included medicine prior to the modern era. Hence my above image.

200 years of surgery

The NEJM is celebrating their 200th anniversary as a journal. Here is an article from the well-known surgeon Atul Gawande.

Check out the rest of their special anniversary articles.

The fluorescent future of surgery

This has been making the rounds on the interwebs. Totally cool stuff! I don't really have much interest in surgery, but it does make me consider it a bit more than I might otherwise. Anyway, the talk is given by ENT surgeon Dr. Quyen Nguyen. Check it out below.