Doctors first thought it was some type of viral infection, but the medications he was prescribed weren’t working and his symptoms worsened. His eyes were blood shot red and his lips were beginning to crack and peal. The doctors then discovered that Zachary had SJS (Stevens Johnson syndrome). It literally burns you from the inside […]

A teratoma is a tumor made up of several different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle, teeth, or bone. They typically form in the ovary, testicle, or tailbone and less commonly in other area.Symptoms may be minimal if the tumor is small. A testicular teratoma may present as a painless lump. Complications may include […]

Both aged 13 years. Note that while the one on the left is in the fully pustular stage, the one on the right has had only two spots, which have aborted and have already scabbed. It was one of the deadliest and most contagious diseases known to humankind. An estimated 300 million people died from smallpox in […]

Surgeons carrying out an operation to remove a ‘tumour’ from a newborn baby’s brain were shocked to find a perfectly-formed tiny foot, and some other body parts. Three-month-old Sam Esquibel has been hailed a ‘miracle baby’ after he survived the operation on what doctors believed was a large tumour, picked-up during an ultrasound on Sam’s […]

Dissection (from Latin dissecare “to cut to pieces”; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans. Less extensive dissection of plants and smaller animals preserved in a formaldehyde solution is typically carried out or demonstrated in biology and natural science classes in middle school […]

Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isn’t just a cosmetic concern. It is a medical problem that increases your risk of other diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers. Obesity is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little. If you […]

Venom in many snakes, such as pit vipers, affects virtually every organ system in the human body and can be a combination of many toxins, including cytotoxins, hemotoxins, neurotoxins, and myotoxins, allowing for an enormous variety of symptoms. Earlier, the venom of a particular snake was considered to be one kind only, i.e. either hemotoxic or neurotoxic, and this […]

A seven-year-old girl was left with horrifying chemical burns and scars after getting a black henna tattoo on a holiday in Egypt. Madison Gulliver was on holiday when her father Martin allowed her to get the temporary tattoo on her arm at a four-star hotel. However she soon complained of it being itchy and it then […]

Rare case of foreign body – this patient came to the ER with a yankee candle lodged in his rectum!! Entrapped anorectal foreign bodies are being encountered more frequently in clinical practice. Many patient say they simply slipped and fell on the object. Majority of cases are the result of insertion during erotic activity. Most […]

How did they do this?They injected a plastinating agent into the blood, hardening the vessels, and then dissolved the body in a special acid solution, leaving behind only the blood vessel structures. Plastination is a technique of body tissue preservation with a great variety in its processes and development which is originally introduced to the […]