That Time Medical Students Dissected an Elephant

Those of you who are doctors will clearly remember dissecting your cadaver in Gross Anatomy class. So much to memorize, so many structures to learn, so much careful dissection to do! What if your professor gave you an elephant to dissect?! That’s exactly what happened...

What Really Killed Teddy Roosevelt?

It was the winter of 1919, and Teddy Roosevelt was a sick man. Always vigorous, active, and unstoppable, he was uncharacteristically ill. He’d been plagued by “inflammatory rheumatism” for the last 2 ½ months. First, he developed acute swelling and pain of both...