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December 22, 2016

Frontispiece

The Sufi healers of Sudan: caring for those without care, Ahmed Elhag

Handmaidens of anatomy, Elisabeth Brander

Art appreciation under the radar, Lawrence Climo

Ellen Powell Tiberino’s The Operation, Cody Ritz

Novice doctor at Guy’s Hospital in 1964, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe

Life lessons from death, Pedro T. Lima

Learning the meaning of love, Charlotte Eliopoulos

The remarkable Harriet Lane, Colin K. L. Phoon

When the FBI investigated William Carlos Williams, Howard Fischer

The discoverers of aspirin, JMS Pearce

A “most perfect interchange”, Satyabha Tripathi

Sister Kenny: the forgotten Nightingale, Anand Raja Devaraj Sushama

William Osler, George Dunea

Hypochrondria, JMS Pearce

Poe’s murder mystery as a model of neurodiverse inclusion, Geoff Hoppe

Dr. Joycelyn Elders: an unwelcome prophet, Howard Fischer

Vignettes and briefs, old and new

The secret medical school in the Warsaw Ghetto, Howard Fischer

A very early Picasso painting

Hippocrates by the bedside

All life is a gift

Doctors as angels and devils, Sally Metzler

Waiting for the doctor

Florence Nightingale at Scutari

Consider the nails of the hand, how they grow (William Bean)

Encore

Health care in Nigeria, Obinna Ejide

Origin of yellow fever, Enrique Chaves-Carballo

The first Black owned and operated medical institution in the US, Raymond H. Curry, VeeLa Sengstacke Gonzales

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital of Soweto, Joerg Albrecht

The lost papyrus? Eureka! An African voice, Ohakpougwu Emmanuel

Hasting Banda: family doctor turned tyrant, George Dunea

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