Stories & notes

Storiesfrom the field

True adventures in medicine that didn’t make it into the books, plus news and notes from the writing desk.

Richard Wall in his USA cycling kit beside a portrait of him in his emergency physician’s white coat

September 12, 2023 17 min read

A Medical Adventure in Spain

Team physician at the 2000 Mountain Bike World Championships: a downhiller’s infected knee, a septic Aussie at 3 a.m., and a throne at the bottom of the mountain.

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September 5, 2023 10 min read

A Medical Adventure in the Caribbean

A Windstar cruise, a Brooklyn dentist with a desperate request, and an unlicensed Good Samaritan procedure on the high seas.

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