The reading for next Tuesday will be The Midnight Meal and Other Essays about Doctors, Patients, and Medicine, Jerome Lowenstein. I have put a copy on the ward.
The two minute talks for next week will be your diagnosis of the Plague of Athens. You will find a description of the outbreak in The History of the Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides in 431 B.C. If you click on the link it will take you to a copy of the piece. The web page begins with chapter VI, but you can skip down to chapter VII (unless you would like to read about the war). If you cannot find the right section, press ctrl-F and type in plague.
You need to have an opinion on the diagnosis and be prepared to argue your corner. Make sure you revise the signs and symptoms of the disease you choose. I will post the discussion the following week and award a prize to the best argument/diagnosis.
The NPSA have issued guidance to improve the safety of chest drains.
MJM
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