Deformity in the "Boxing Boys".

The late Bronze Age wall painting the Boxing Boys (c. 17th-16th century BCE) was excavated in the ancient town of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Thera. This article considers a medical interpretation for the spinal-pelvic anomaly in the anatomy of one of the boys.

Therapy with saffron and the goddess at Thera.

This paper presents a new interpretation of a unique Bronze Age (c. 3000-1100 BCE) Aegean wall painting in the building of Xeste 3 at Akrotiri,Thera. Crocus carturightianus and its active principle, saffron, are the primary subjects at Xeste 3.

The maligning of a country doctor.

This article traces the misidentification of the subject of an illustration in a text about women and illness in the 19th century.The heroic efforts of surgical pioneer Ephraim McDowell (1771-1830) and his brave patient Jane Todd Crawford are returned to their rightful place in medical history.

Etiology of hyperuricemia.

Hyperuricemia is a common laboratory finding with significant clinical implications. It is easily detected, but its mechanisms may not be clearly elucidated. A scheme of pathogenesis has been outlined and diagrammed but much is conjectural; therefore, the classification is merely tentative.