Category Archives: Mad Doctors

Mad Scientist #13/14: Vladimir Demikhov and Robert White

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Max Hartshorn

Okay, so you’ve got the job interview of your life tomorrow, just one small problem: your kidney is failing. Also your spleen has ruptured. You’re experiencing necrosis of the liver, critical hyperkalemia, and, why not, septic shock. In short, you’re … Continue reading →

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Mad Scientist #12: Giles Brindley

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Max Hartshorn

The talk began, as all great urology lectures should, with slides of the speaker’s own penis. The erection plastered over the screen, explained Dr. Giles Brindley, was caused by smooth muscle relaxant injected directly into his shaft. It’s a method … Continue reading →

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Mad Scientist #5: Paracelsus (pt. 2) – Paracelsus’ Homunculus

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Max Hartshorn

It is the project of the mad scientist, whether he knows it or not, to extract all that is crass, hidden, and horrifying, and flay it mercilessly before the light of science. Doing so does not strip the world of … Continue reading →

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Mad Scientist #5: Paracelsus (pt. 1) – Science and Magic

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Max Hartshorn

All the universities have less experience than my beard. The down on my neck is more learned than my antagonists. You must follow my footsteps. I shall not go in yours. Not one of your professors will find a cover … Continue reading →

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