by Dr. Bill Maynard | Nov 30, 2021 | Writings
My patient Harry, a 70 year old economics professor, is in for an office visit after a long hospitalization. Fifty seven days ago, his leaky mitral valve suddenly ruptured, plunging him into florid congestive heart failure. He showed up in the emergency department...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Nov 12, 2021 | Music
Roads Go Ever Ever On Roads go ever ever on Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone And under...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Nov 2, 2021 | Writings
A CURIOUS CASE OF NEGLECT Mr. McKnight urges his wife to hurry. He is anxious to drive her to the doctor. The middle-aged, previously-healthy homemaker has been acting strangely over the last week, staring vacantly into space, expressing no interest in her usual...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Sep 28, 2021 | Writings
DROWNING FROM WITHIN The smothering began subtly – just a mild sense of air hunger when he walked up stairs. Gradually, though, it took less and less exertion to make him breathless. In response he subconsciously curtailed his activities. Eventually, even at rest the...
