Tag: Spring 2010
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Neighbors
Johanna Shapiro A well dressed skeleton Photograph by Caley McIntyre Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, Chicago, Illinois Class of 2011 and Mexico Fulbright-Garcia Robles Alum, 2009 http://caleyelguero.wordpress.com Neighbors Death is not my lover – that would be morbid – nor even my best friend – though some say he can be that –…
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A Web of Days – This is a Test – Not Again
Joannie Stangeland Poet’s Statement: Joannie Stangeland wrote these poems for a friend who was fighting breast cancer. Her friend didn’t need help with cooking or driving—and Joannie wanted to support her in some way, so she wrote. What began as one poem flooded into a collection of about 20, and the poems helped Joannie…
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An Eliotian journey through suffering
Francesco Enia Palermo, Italy A cold coming we had of it just the worst time of the year for a journey and such a long journey the ways deep and the weather sharp – TS Eliot, “Journey of the Magi” The dizziness again … stunning images … A child with no hope of a…
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The castrati: a physician’s perspective, part 1
James L. Franklin Chicago, Illinois, United States A modified version of this paper was presented on March 1, 2010 to the Chicago Literary Club. “The castrati: a physician’s perspective” will appear in two installments. The first one in this issue details the history, sociology and musical history relevant to the rise of the castrato in…
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Doctor Moore on 18th century medicine
Einar Perman Stockholm, Sweden John Moore (1729-1802) was a Scottish physician, who traveled extensively in Europe and published several books about his travels.1,2 He was also an astute observer of people, customs, and places, and his opinions were often ahead of his time, particularly in matters of contemporary medicine and the medical profession. His book,…
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Rethinking public health law and ethics – a regional perspective
Nadav Davidovitch Beer Sheva, Israel Public health emerged as an organized discipline during the 19th century with the goal of improving the health of a nation as a whole. While its initial interests centered on infectious diseases, sanitation, and hygiene, its current health scope has grown to include issues such as health promotion, the…
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Lithotripsy: a historical review
Rabie Abdel-HalimRiyadh, Saudi Arabia Although lithotripsy1 is often looked on as a modern discovery, its roots may be traced back to antiquity. Yet there is little mention of lithotripsy in Greek medical writings, perhaps because of Hippocrates’s injunction to avoid cutting for the stone2 (Cumston, 1968). This silence lasted for several centuries (Dimopoulos, Gialas, Likourinas,…