Interesting Stories Hidden in Medical Vocabulary (Anatomy)

1. Achilles Tendon) Of all the medical vocabulary stories, The most famous first choice, Achilles, Achilles, the son of Peleu and Thetis, the goddess of the sea, was carried upside down and soaked in the Styx River from birth. The water of the Styx makes people invulnerable, Only the part where the heel is carried becomes a weakness. He became the first god of war in Greek mythology. Achilles was brave in the Trojan War. Kill the first warrior, Hector, But Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow and died. In this position, The anatomical Achilles tendon, Achilles Tendon’s place. 3. Fibula, the bone in the gastrocnemius muscle, It’s called fibula, The English name is Fibula. Latin Fibulae Read More …

Why is the white coat white and the surgical suit blue?

When talking about the image of doctors, people immediately think back to white coats. If the doctor goes in and out of the operating room, he is dressed in blue or green. It seems that the doctor’s dress is ordinary. But after careful consideration, the question arises: How does the white coat wear to the doctor? Why do doctors on the operating table wear blue surgical clothes? Grey Robe to White Coat: From Protecting Doctors to Protecting Patients Before the 20th century, European and American doctors are dressed like gentlemen. Wearing towering hats, Doctors in grey robes, Walking through the early hospitals. At that time, The concepts of modern microbiology and disinfection have not yet been established, The doctor’s dress Read More …

Medical drama, which was full of mistakes in those years,

In recent years, medical TV plays have become very popular, In the United States, Dr. House, Grey’s Anatomy, Japan’s “White Giant Tower” and others have been sought after by drama fans all over the world. Domestic medical TV plays such as “Heart Skill” and “Doctor’s Benevolence” have also been launched. The so-called [watching the scene of bustle outside the door, Looking at the doorway in the door], ordinary audiences are fond of talking about the rich plot and tense first aid environment in medical dramas. However, doctors have discovered various medical mistakes in these dramas due to their professional sensitivity. To this end, the Clove Garden Survey invited doctors to participate in the survey on medical drama to see what Read More …

How poisonous are hospital elevator buttons

How do you press the elevator in the hospital? With the key? Any substitute you can find on your hands? With your elbows? Or do you press with your fingers as usual? Some people may say that you are melodramatic, but such melodramatic feelings do make sense. How poisonous are hospital elevators? Let’s look at a research report published in Open Medicine. This study mainly investigated the elevator buttons of three large municipal hospitals in Canada, and found that many colonized bacteria on the buttons are a variety of microorganisms symbiotic on the surface of human skin. According to the study, The sources of hospital acquired infection are diversified, and the transmission routes that can be involved include doctors’ white Read More …

The common medical mistakes in those movies

1. Non-key characters in the movie all die too fast. If you are shot in the trunk, stabbed in the stomach and wiped out your neck, you will not be able to move immediately. If this is the case, many people in reality do not need to be rescued. In fact? Death from trauma is a rather tangled process. The only injuries that can really make people stiff immediately are those that hurt the brain or spinal cord, such as head shots, beheadings and spinal cord amputations (hanging, twisting the neck). As for neck wiping, the trachea and carotid artery are seriously injured. Even if one cannot breathe, one will not die immediately. Otherwise, how can we hold our breath? Read More …

The Century Legend of Aspirin (3)

Before the above < < Aspirin is a thoughtful [good] drug > > The sword has two edges While people marvel at the various effects of aspirin, it should also be noted that many researchers have said: [But it is a double-edged sword.] As we already know, Aspirin plays an antipyretic and analgesic role because it can inhibit the production of prostaglandins. Her role in protecting the heart is also related to this. Because certain types of prostaglandins can bond particles in the blood to each other, Thrombosis occurs. If this thrombosis occurs in the heart, then myocardial infarction will occur. Aspirin can reduce the chance of thrombosis by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins, thus playing its corresponding protective role. Read More …

The Century Legend of Aspirin (4)

Before the above < < aspirin sword has double edges > > Old trees and new flowers When Felix Hoffman synthesized aspirin in those days, he never imagined that people had discovered so many effects of aspirin today. In addition to the aforementioned anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects, and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, scientists have recently turned their attention to the anti-cancer research of aspirin. Previous readers have learned that aspirin inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins, Prostaglandins are converted from arachidonic acid under the catalysis of cyclooxygenases (Cox-1 and Cox-2). Aspirin inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenases to exert its many effects. Inhibitors of Cox-2 can promote tumor apoptosis. Reduce mitosis and angiogenesis of tumor cells, Read More …

Legend of the Century: [Anti-Tuberculosis Stamp] Christmas Cover

Editor’s Note: This is a story about love and charity. I want to use everyone’s hands to transmit positive energy. One day in 1904, Jacob Riis, a well-known journalist in New York, received a letter from Copenhagen. Riis was a Danish immigrant. It was naturally common to receive such a letter. What was unusual was that there was another [stamp] besides the ordinary stamp on this letter. An unusual [stamp] This [stamp] looks ordinary, Apart from the Queen’s head, badges and flowers, Only the year [1904] and the word [Julen]. But it is obviously not a stamp, Because there is no postage on it. Out of the reporter’s keen sense of smell, Riis checked it out, It was found that Read More …

The doctor told you how Mei Chaofeng wiped his ass.

Five Questions Not long ago, there was a joke circulating on Weibo and WeChat that I have been unable to sleep well at night recently, and there are five problems that have been bothering me: First, Yang Guo lived alone for 16 years with one arm. How did he cut his fingernails? Second, Xiao Zhao has been wearing anklets for many years. How did he change his underpants? Third, Mei Chaofeng has practiced nine Yin bones and claws for so many years. How did he wipe his buttocks? Fourth, Sleeping Beauty has slept for so many years without brushing her teeth. Will she faint the prince? Fifth, Butterfly Lovers have become butterflies. Butterflies have only seven days to live. Why Read More …

The patient will, and Dr. PubMed can’t stop it.

Press: This is the story of an athlete killing a professional medical staff. Instead of climbing and skiing, which she is good at, It is a diagnosis of genetic diseases. Kim suffers from two different genetic diseases. Most doctors at the visit believed that there was no what link between the two diseases, but Kim did not think so. She searched PubMed’s relevant literature and found that LMNA gene mutation may be the common cause of the two diseases, and then insisted on confirming her inference through gene sequencing. (Fortunately, she did not use Baidu.) Kim Goodwell, an athlete, suddenly sprained her foot while running on a mountain path one day. A few weeks later, she found that she had Read More …