During my time in a hospital library, I've encountered many unfamiliar medical terms that I subsequently felt compelled to look up. And then wished I hadn't. Here is a list of horrifying medical terms you may also wish to look up and then live to regret knowing:
- Cavernous fistula
- Ovine scrapie
- Fetiform teratoma
- Fetus in fetu
- Gas gangrene
- Topsy-turvy heart
- Posthumous conception
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
- Penoscrotal edema
- Necrosectomy
- Uterine morcellation
- Nougat graft
- Auto-Caesarean section
- Happy heart syndrome (the opposite of takotsubo syndrome, which is also terrible)
- Teratoma (Yes, it's on here twice. It had been so long since I encountered the term that I forgot what it was. I was surprised all over again to see a full color photo of one that contained loops of small bowel, NINE ill-formed appendages, and various other things that shouldn't have been there. Thanks for that, 1978 JAMA.)
- Osteomyelitis
- Running-induced intestinal damage (because I needed another reason not to take up jogging)
- Necklace calcification
- Cavernous hemangioma (honestly, avoid looking up any medical condition that involves the word "cavernous")
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| From NLM's Images from the History of Medicine Collection: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101445585 |
Wow - look how well dressed everyone is and how nicely they are treating the BOOKS as they read them. Someone should take a picture of what it would like like today as a comparison. Oh wait, no one would necessarily have a book in their hand.
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