ResusNation #123
Barking Up The Right Tree
Next time you give your patient an aspirin, consider this: you're tapping into a medical tradition thousands of years old! Long before pharmacies and prescriptions, ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks like Hippocrates, and Romans were all onto a secret weapon for pain and fever relief: the humble willow tree. They instinctively understood its power, utilizing its ...
ResusNation #122
Dads Who Deliver
When it comes to parenting, some dads really go the extra mile! Take the male seahorse, for instance. In an interesting twist on traditional roles, the female seahorse actually deposits her eggs into a specialized pouch on the male. He then takes over, fertilizing and incubating them until they're ready to hatch. Talk about being hands-on, or rather, pouch-on!
This incredib...
ResusNation #121
Ur-ine Luck! Medicine
is Much Better Now
From medieval "urine wheels" to the widespread practice of bloodletting, medical history is brimming with fascinating, and often startling, approaches to health and disease. For centuries, physicians relied on visual examinations of bodily fluids, with "uroscopy" becoming a cornerstone of diagnosis. This involved meticulously observing the color, cl...
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