Medicine is not about routine bureaucracy. Medicine is an art. And some physicians extended the creative part of it beyond what is normally expected. Because medicine is more than scribbling a receipt. Medicine is about diagnosing problems and solving them. And when no treatment is to be found, medicine is about dealing with human suffering.…… Continue reading When flesh becomes plastic
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Flowers and pain
I’m going to tell you a secret: all physicians have days when they want to quit everything, when the prestige and pay – or rather lack of them – are not enough for the immense burden they carry on their shoulders. Most of us don’t quit our jobs – some of us may switch specialties…… Continue reading Flowers and pain
Top 10 unconventional ways to leave this world
Have you ever thought what would happen to your physical body after death? It may be customary in your culture for cadavers to be buried or cremated, but there are countless other ways to leave this world. Why let your body decay when you can contribute to society’s health and well-being by playing a small…… Continue reading Top 10 unconventional ways to leave this world
Therapeutical fasting
Medical school teaches pathology in a very analytical fashion – it starts with the normal anatomy and physiology, continues with basic clinical diagnostic practices and then with its several medical and surgical rotations. Everything seems to have its own little shelf. Every disease has risk factors; very few have causes – although they may well…… Continue reading Therapeutical fasting