Erschienen in:
01.04.2018 | Editorials
Point-of-care ultrasound: a protean opportunity for perioperative care
verfasst von:
Gregory L. Bryson, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Hilary P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC, FASE
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 4/2018
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Excerpt
In the Odyssey, Menelaus was becalmed on the island of Pharos while returning home from the Battle of Troy. Idothea, the daughter of Proteus, the old man of the sea, pitied Menelaus. Proteus was equally renowned for his abilities to both change his shape and foresee the future. Idothea told Menelaus, “If you can snare [Proteus] and hold him tight, he will tell you about your voyage, what courses you are to take, and how you are to sail the sea so as to reach your home”.
1 So what does ancient Greek mythology have to do with ultrasound? …