Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Anabelle S. Slingerland

  • Groote Schuur Hospital, location, lineage and legacy

    Annabelle S. Slingerland Leiden, the Netherlands   Façade of Groote Schuur Hospital Beginnings The Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa’s Cape Town sits on a site first discovered in 1488 by the Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias. He called the peninsula Cabo Tormentosa (Cape of Storms), a good description of a site where the notorious South-Easter wind…

  • The Joslin Diabetes Center

    Annabelle S. Slingerland Leiden, the Netherlands Matthew Brown Boston, Massachusetts, United States   Bay State Road- cca. 1920 Of the many hospitals that have risen to fame because of the accomplishments of their staff, the Joslin Diabetes Center is one of the most iconic. Founded at a time when diabetes was largely untreatable and often…