Category Archives: Mad Neurologists

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 #3: Duchenne de Bologne

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Max Hartshorn

The first problem with cadavers is that they’re actually hard to come by. The early Italian anatomist Vesalius was known, on occasion, to send his students into cemeteries to obtain recently deceased corpses for his famously theatrical public dissections. The … Continue reading →

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