tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post1979513586435056255..comments2024-03-28T22:25:23.698-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: WE'LL HAVE TO OPEN HIS HEAD UP!Western Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-89675459994990483842015-03-27T10:35:02.913-05:002015-03-27T10:35:02.913-05:00Ha ha! I just used that word when replying to Vonn...Ha ha! I just used that word when replying to Vonn. <br /><br />Yes, it was a great movie. I remember it very well. I saw it on a Saturday afternoon in our local fleapit cinema in Cupar. That's a small town in Scotland, 20 miles from St Andrews. <br /><br />It's a great novel.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-62839791869249208712015-03-27T10:31:25.153-05:002015-03-27T10:31:25.153-05:00Thank you, Vonn. It is amazing how sophisticated i...Thank you, Vonn. It is amazing how sophisticated instruments were in past centuries, if somewhat gruesome. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-77807473255478007242015-03-27T10:30:10.422-05:002015-03-27T10:30:10.422-05:00You might also follow up on electro-biology, Doris...You might also follow up on electro-biology, Doris. Yet another name for hypnosis that was in vogue in the USA.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-14669207176887646402015-03-27T10:10:18.537-05:002015-03-27T10:10:18.537-05:00Dr. Keith,
I missed this. (Was busy doing life a...Dr. Keith,<br /><br />I missed this. (Was busy doing life activities.)<br /><br />THE EGYPTIAN was one of my favorite movies as a kid!<br /><br />The rest of this is just too gruesome to contemplate.Charlie Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992330591519249699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-61862046479042553302015-03-26T23:34:45.803-05:002015-03-26T23:34:45.803-05:00Thank you for the leads to that research. Now to t...Thank you for the leads to that research. Now to the 'stacks' for more. You and your information are priceless. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-72772007094057574612015-03-26T23:20:35.489-05:002015-03-26T23:20:35.489-05:00Wow, loving the tin snips and that manual core dr...Wow, loving the tin snips and that manual core drill. The illustration from the 1517 Fieldbook of Medicine is priceless.Vonn McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271500340284234767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-81467694892889075152015-03-26T19:17:50.166-05:002015-03-26T19:17:50.166-05:00Thanks, Jacquie. You are very welcome. And by the ...Thanks, Jacquie. You are very welcome. And by the way, Doc VonSouter still has a bucket of snake-oil if anyone needs warts removing or hair restoring.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-55064762278326277402015-03-26T18:25:42.412-05:002015-03-26T18:25:42.412-05:00Thanks, Keith. This is another post that's go...Thanks, Keith. This is another post that's going in my keeper file (along with all your others!).<br /><br />Loved this post and I thank you again for helping me out with <b>Much Ado About Miners</b> where, in the very first scene, the heroine shoots the hero in the head. She gets a head injury later, as does the cat. Your information helped me figure out exactly how much they could be injured and what Doc Mabry would tell them to do. I had almost as much fun with that as Dr. VonSouter's Medicine Show.Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-31425816874025573192015-03-26T16:29:32.930-05:002015-03-26T16:29:32.930-05:00Thank you, Doris. I think that mesmerism would be ...Thank you, Doris. I think that mesmerism would be the answer. That is, animal magnetism or hypnosis, to give it some of its other names. <br /><br />Jean-Martin Charcot was the great French neurologist who did pioneering work in France, putting it on a scientific basis and demystified it from the work of Anton Mesmer who had introduced it. <br /><br />Some amnesia would have been traumatic and neurological, but other cases would have been hysterical and amenable to hypnosis. Indeed, hypnosis was used by some doctors in the Civil War. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-34668394378696049322015-03-26T16:20:21.903-05:002015-03-26T16:20:21.903-05:00I can't wait, jim. It is an honour and Logan w...I can't wait, jim. It is an honour and Logan would be touched.<br /><br />Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-28213614878569511532015-03-26T16:19:05.155-05:002015-03-26T16:19:05.155-05:00Thanks Jerry. When you think about it, a graze is ...Thanks Jerry. When you think about it, a graze is just so lucky in comparison to a wound that damaged the skull. The graze gives you a good chance of recovery. Trephination without adequate cleansing would be so hazardous, but potentially life-saving nonetheless.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-38418588292793274192015-03-26T15:33:03.126-05:002015-03-26T15:33:03.126-05:00Again you added to my knowledge of medicine from t...Again you added to my knowledge of medicine from the past. This post was especially fascinating and useful. I wonder how head injuries that resulted in memory loss were treated? I will have to look into the psychological treatments back then also. It seems there should or would have been symptoms to differentiate. Now onto more research. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-22702039881845180572015-03-26T14:51:24.800-05:002015-03-26T14:51:24.800-05:00Fascinating as always. Look forward to your charac...Fascinating as always. Look forward to your character appearing in my latest Jim Blawczyk novel, THE GHOST RIDERS, which will be released early next month. AND A HUGE thanks to Keith for providing me the information on how a doctor would have operated on a gut-shot cowboy in the old WestJim Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190709130368990745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-5865491607402749582015-03-26T14:49:39.285-05:002015-03-26T14:49:39.285-05:00A hole in the head - Wow! - I have a character in ...A hole in the head - Wow! - I have a character in one of my stories who receives a bullet graze to the head. So far just a concussion but I'll save this blog should he require further treatment.<br />I am truly grateful that now days X rays and MRI are available.<br />I Enjoyed the post.Jerry Guinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074197803776713004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-48894415145664009042015-03-26T14:47:57.839-05:002015-03-26T14:47:57.839-05:00Thank you, Kaye. History abounds with examples of ...Thank you, Kaye. History abounds with examples of the wrong doctors with the wrong skill sets being in the wrong place at critical times.<br /><br />The Phineas Gage case just shows the remarkable ability of the brain to cope with awesome injury. There is always hope.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-46626508619708341852015-03-26T14:43:09.102-05:002015-03-26T14:43:09.102-05:00Thank you, Meg. That is my surgical technique down...Thank you, Meg. That is my surgical technique down to a tee.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-85320672458050083802015-03-26T13:42:52.615-05:002015-03-26T13:42:52.615-05:00This is so interesting, but I had to admit I was c...This is so interesting, but I had to admit I was cringing in a few parts. :-) And yes, western writers have to be bold in their storytelling.<br /><br />As I read, I recalled the story of Phineas Gage and the iron rod that went through his head. It's an amazing story--but also a sad one for how the injury changed his personality.<br /><br />The controversy among researchers regarding the bullet wound to President Lincoln's head (how the doctors handled it) is also an interesting study.<br /><br />I look forward to your Old West medical posts. I know it takes a long time to write them, so thank you for sharing.<br /><br />Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-34171032858605964172015-03-26T10:28:35.196-05:002015-03-26T10:28:35.196-05:00Once again, YOU ROCK! as in rock, chisel, mallet.....Once again, YOU ROCK! as in rock, chisel, mallet... ;-D Your blog posts are so helpful, thanks for the info!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734148270217773194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-55351894201076219222015-03-26T07:03:33.979-05:002015-03-26T07:03:33.979-05:00Ha ha, and maybe I'll bring some tea as well! ...Ha ha, and maybe I'll bring some tea as well! I'll certainly bring a few copies over to the convention in St Louis, Frank. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-65379367462054266372015-03-26T06:22:48.952-05:002015-03-26T06:22:48.952-05:00I hope you will be bringing Dry Gulch Revenge over...I hope you will be bringing Dry Gulch Revenge over here to the Colonies, Keith. <br />Frank Roderusnoreply@blogger.com