A Series Of Firsts by Blair Schwartz [Oct 19 06] It’s been a while since I last posted an entry on Big Medicine, but that is the nature of the Internal Medicine Residency. A program designed to immerse you (quite literally at times) in the art and science of medical […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
20 posts
Cycles by Blair Schwartz [Jun 28 06] I’d like to take you back to a time in your life. In the time leading up to the day you are filled with a sense of excitement, anticipation, fear and perhaps even a little dread. Your daily activities are occasionally permeated by […]
On the jingling of ‘change’ by Blair Schwartz [May 12 06]–I’m sitting now at the end of medical school and on the cusp of my residency. Truly an impressive time of transformation. As I sign contracts and insurance forms, it quickly becomes apparent to me the responsibilities that I am […]
Chronicle of a Bio-Attack: London 1664-65 by David A H Newman [from a 2001 column] Introduction Daniel Defoe was 5 during the 1664-65 London Plague. He wrote his ‘Journal’ (available as a Dover Thrift Edition reprint 2001) in 1722, drawing upon parish records, civic documents, and the memories of the […]
The London Plague of 1664-65: Summary [from a 2006 columnn] by David A H Newman Foreword The following account is based on Daniel Defoe’s famous “A Journal of the Plague Year.” He wrote it in 1722 — the result of interviews with survivors and extensive research into parish records, brought […]
Pandemic Flu Planning: “A Flow is a Quantification of Assumptions” by David A H Newman [Dec 6 06] References. I have made use of three references: 1] Government of Ontario Flu Pandemic Plan, Chapter 17 Acute Care Services & 17a: Tools; 2] Shoppers Drug Mart Healthwatch Pamphlet: Flu; and 3] […]
Ethics and Triage: A Nasty Scenario by David A H Newman [Dec 12 06] If only the rich could pay the poor to die instead of them, Then the poor would make a very good living. (Ancient Yiddish Joke) A Flu Pandemic has begun. The hospitals are crowded. Staff is […]
Danger Pay by David A H Newman [Aug 27 07] Back when SARS threatened Toronto, the Ontario government of the day introduced strict quarantine measures reminiscent of the often drastic quarantine laws applied in times of plague — [as in London 1664-65]. Quarantines are difficult to enforce, but the quarantine […]
Pandemic Revisited – David A H Newman [Sep 6 07] The great flu pandemic of 2007 hasn’t happened yet. But don’t go away! The pandemic flu knows no seasons, and isn’t a once-a-year event. Bird flu is spreading – mostly among birds so far, and in many places. What we […]
A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #94 The Three Paragraph Rule Of all the diagnostic techniques I learned during my life on the streets, none has served me better than the Three Paragraph Rule. Of course, a positive result for Hand Drop Over Nose (HDON) was much more […]