Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Farrah Jawad

  • Wounded deer—Medical aspects of the life of Frida Kahlo

    Farrah JawadLondon, UK “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.” — Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon in Coyocan, Mexico City, on July 6, 1907, to Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez, a woman of mixed Spanish and Mexican heritage, and…