A Watch for the Blind
Photo by Øystein Horgmo © All rights reserved. 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...
View ArticleThe OR Before CCTV
Click to see larger version. 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...
View ArticleDon’t Light As Cartooned
"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...
View ArticleAspiring Surgeon
Photo by Øystein Horgmo © All rights reserved. My three-year-old daughter wants to be a surgeon when she grows up. The question is: Would anyone trust her?
View ArticleAn Old Joke
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. He hobbled into our studio...
View ArticleFound Anatomy
Photo by Øystein Horgmo © All Rights Reserved. Click for larger image. Left upper extremity found in the medical student’s practical skills center. Tip of thumb missing. Multiple flesh wounds, most of...
View ArticleSummer of Love?
"Sisters". Photo by Øystein Horgmo © All rights reserved. Click for larger version. I’ll spend most of the summer away from internet connections, so there won’t be any posts for some weeks. Looking...
View ArticleMugshots
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...
View ArticleMerry Esophageal Christmas
© Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 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...
View ArticleCandy Brain
Photo by Øystein H. Horgmo © All rights reserved. 2 cm candy brain specimen shot on a double glass plate.
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