John Riddington Young

Retired General ENT Surgeon

TD and bar, MPhil, FRCS, DLO, North Devon DGH. Barnstaple, UK.

Latest Contribution

Photo of Captain David Alexander Draffin, RAMC.

Did you ever meet Draffin on your travels?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT

Draffin’s rods or bipods are a well-known ENT instrument. Before their invention in 1951, the attendant anaesthetist or nurse was obliged to support the mouthgag during tonsillectomy. Their originator, David Alexander Draffin (born in 1917 in Ballybey, Co Monaghan), was...

Illustration showing contemporary icon of St Mamas (2017) by Father Silouan Justiniano.

Patron saints of the ear

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology

We all know that ear symptoms include hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus and otalgia, but did you know there are patron saints for all these symptoms? John Riddington Young shares an overview of the patron saints of the ear, inspired by...

Illustration showing artist’s impression of Hippocrates.

Vicarious (nasal) menstruation

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-ENT

Hippocrates himself is known to have said that when a woman’s menses are due, but instead of the usual vaginal menstrual flow, she has a haemorrhage from the nose, then this is a sure sign of pregnancy [1]. Artist’s impression...