A spoonful of curiosity

A Spoonful of Medicine

Political correctness is all pervasive in today's world, be it commerce, politics, the arts or medicine. It has made modern life a wee bit boring. Alas, the medical profession, and the NHS in particular, is riddled with political correctness. Owen Gallagher's debut "A Spoonful of Medicine" is a welcome riposte to this tedium. Dr. Gallagher, who hails from Ulster, qualified from Trinity College,...

Just a spoonful of sugar.

hich one of us hasn’t cried to mom or dad, pinched his or er nose, and taken medicine under protest. Although ubble gum and fruit flavorings have made it easier, encourging adherence to treatment regimens is a challenging task ot only for parents but also for physicians. What we need s “just a spoonful of sugar” to help the medicine go down. Ensuring adherence is particularly important when tre...

Diet and Nutrition: A Spoonful of Risk?

Curiosity about Curiosity

Ilhan Inan’s (2012) approach to curiosity is based on the following central theses: (i) for every question asked out of curiosity there is a corresponding term (defi nite description) that is inostensible for the asker (its reference is unknown) and that has the function of uniquely identifying an object; (ii) the satisfaction of curiosity is always in the form of coming to know an object as fa...

Curiosity

This is editorial letter 15, which I submit to you as your Editor-in-Chief of International Surgery, the flagship Journal of the International College of Surgeons. International Surgery has had ten Editorsin-Chief since establishment of the Journal and I am the 11th Editor-in-Chief. Curiosity is, in part, what drives achievement and progress. Albert Einstein is quoted: ‘‘The important thing is ...