Category: Past Issues
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Adrianus Spigelius, the last great Paduan anatomist
In his time the Flemish physician Adrianne van den Spiegel (often referred to by the latinized name of Adrianus Spigelius) was the most renowned practicing clinician in the city of Padua. An accomplished anatomist, he was left with only meager eponymous pickings: the caudate (Spigelian) lobe of the liver and some more obscure structures around…
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Past Winners
Hektoen International honors the winners and runners up of the Hektoen Grand Prix essay contests 2018 Abigail Cline, Winner Tales from the crypt: the mosaic symbolism of Louis Pasteur’s tomb Jack Coulehan, Runner-Up The Education of Doctor Chekhov Alida Rol, Runner-Up “Mississippi Appendectomy” and other stories: when silence is complicity 2017 Anika Khan, Winner – Essay Locked-in…
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Jan Steen: quack doctors visit lovesick maidens
Like his contemporary Molière, the Dutchman Jan Steen makes fun of quack doctors, often shown in ridiculous costumes visiting young love-sick or pregnant women. In the Lovesick Maiden (Fig.1, Metropolitan Museum) the diagnosis is suggested by the painting of a Cupid above the door, the bed on the right, and the bed-warmer on the lower…
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The impact of technology on healthcare
Singh Yadav Tamil Nadu, India Double doors swing open as paramedics rush a burn victim into the hospital’s Emergency Department. A nurse checks the patient’s pulse and vitals, while another takes a blood sample and deposits it to a nearby machine. A scanning device determines the wound size and depth and guides an attached…
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Summer Essay Contest
(Currently Closed) We invite you to participate in the Hektoen International Summer Essay Contest on the theme of Food and the Body. Please submit essays about food and drink as related to health and the body, using the lens of the humanities. Suggested topics may include, but are not limited to: the history of food, famine,…