Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Jean-Dominique Bauby

  • Locked-in syndrome: Inside the cocoon

    Anika Khan Karachi, Pakistan “…what will you carry back from this field trip into my endless solitude?” From The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (1997) Jean-Dominique Bauby “dictating” the passages of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly that he had earlier revised in his head. Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff. In December 1995,…