Some more gossipy tidbits from Doctor George Burden on how the ancients practiced medicine.
Cruising Nova Scotia
George Burden details his exciting adventure along the coast of Nova Scotia aboard a three masted barquentine, the Caledonia.
Boston’s Urban Legends
George Burden takes a tour of historic Boston and explores some of its legends, including the U.S.S. Constitution, Freedom Trail, Harvard, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and more.
The Prince and the Pauper (or Georgie Porgie)
“Georgie Porgie pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them cry When the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away” We seem to think that scandals in the British royal family tend to mostly of modern provenance, but this seemingly silly nursery rhyme actually gives an insightful look into the nature of […]
Collecting Medical Ephemera
George Burden, medical doctor and curious collector, loves discovering antiquities related to the medical field. These items, he says, give a historical insight into the practices and mindset of the people of the era.
A Night in the ER
A medical doctor used to think parents were slightly neurotic about their children’s symptoms until he had a child of his own and had to rush his own baby girl to the emergency room one night.
Life as a Medical Examiner
By turns tragic, fascinating, humourous and horrifying, the life of a Medical Examiner is never dull as former Medical Examiner George Burden reveals.
The Quest For Hakarl, One of the World’s Most Disgusting Delicacies
George Burden samples an Icelandic delicacy, hakarl, which is a nice word for decomposing Greenland shark. It’s a meal fit for a Viking…or perhaps only for someone with a strong Viking stomach.
Too Soon and Too Often: A GP Reflects on Cancer Diagnoses
Over the last six months I’ve diagnosed more cancer than in the previous five years. In one instance, a brother and sister, both in their 70s, were diagnosed with lung cancer within days of one another. Both were smokers (despite my frequent admonitions to quit) and both seemed unsurprised with the diagnosis. A third sister was just diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer and then the youngest sister, a diabetic, ended up in the CCU with a heart attack.
My Three Mothers-in-Law
One mother in-law can sometimes be a handful, but what do you do when you have three mothers-in-law? If you are George Burden, you enjoy the benefits.
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