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AEQUANIMITAS

http://precordialthump.medbrains.net/

The title AEQUANIMITAS gives due reverence to the great hero of modern clinical medicine, Sir William Osler. The site consists of thoughts, stories and anecdotes from my experiences as a doctor and student (truth mixed with fiction to protect the innocent) together with resources and discussions of topics relevant to emergency medicine, toxicology and intensive care. To this concoction is added a tincture of literature, history and philosophy.

• Added on: Dec 23rd, 2008
• Country: Australia
• Language: English

• Author: Chris Nickson
• Listed in: Medicine Science
• Tags: medicine philosophy history emergency medicine critical care toxicology

Recent Posts

• The End of AEQUANIMITAS

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 00:23 in blog, miscellaneous, emergency medicine, winston churchill, socrates, hemlock, life in the fast lane, sandnsurf

  That’s right, you read correctly. The blog AEQUANIMITAS has come to an end. Overcome with shock and surprise you gasp: “What is this - blogicide?… But what about all the ‘Problems in Toxicology’ you promised?… The ...

• When Doug met Struan

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 11:29 in hydroponics, humour, australia, snakes, marine, douglas adams, komodo, pib, toxicology, struan sutherland, last chance to see, toxinology

  The incomparable Douglas Adams, of “A Hitchhiker’s  Guide to the Galaxy ” fame, needs no introduction. Struan Sutherland, however, is a name obscure to most of the world, but not the world of venoms and poisons. His magnum opus, &#...

• And the winner is…

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 03:36 in miscellaneous, australian medical blog award, prn penguin, applequack, drcris

  prn penguin!!! That’s right, the event that cast a long shadow over the recent Oscar awards has come to a close. And, with the counting of votes completed and checked and rechecked, we can see that prn penguin has deservedly been crowned the i...

• Echo of the widow Dimanche

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 11:23 in education, philosophy, student, miscellaneous, cornu cutaneum, sebaceous horn

  The registrar stood open-mouthed next to the professor. Before them was a twisted unicorn’s horn, an echo of that owned by the widow Dimanche, who sold water-cress in the streets of Paris. The patient was unmoved. Plans were made for the remova...

• Happy Darwin Day!

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 19:22 in Evolution, richard dawkins, charles darwin, darwin day, evolutionary medicine, randolph nesse

  February 12th 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of my favourite medical dropout, Charles Darwin. Darwin Day is a way of celebrating the great man’s contribution to science (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online) and, more gener...

• To the Night-shift A&E doctor…

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 11:39 in education, doctor, emergency, mistake, error, emergency medicine, discharge, patients, copd, bronchitis, heart failure, myocarditis

  It’s four in the morning. It’s been a long night… I know, believe me. But before you discharge the 60 year-old man who came in gasping for air a few hours earlier, take the time to consider a few things. Listen to the history, the ...

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Sandnsurf

Eclectic literary journey through toxicology and medicine - great read

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