Current Issue December 22, 2016 Volume 12, Issue 3 – Summer 2020 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Readers are invited to enjoy this selection of articles for the summer. A Cold War Vaccine: Albert Sabin, Russia, and polio, James L. Franklin Did Macbeth have syphilis?, Eleanor J. Molloy Ambroise Pare: standard bearer for barber-surgery reform, Mildred Wilson Robert Louis Stevenson and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Sally Metzler Ladies in red: medical, metaphorical reflections, Milad Matta & Gregory Rutecki The 1918 Pandemic—the collective story versus the personal, Mariella Scerri The gift of life—from whom?, George M. Pantalos Political obfuscation and medical speculation, Charles G. Kels A surgeon and a gentleman: the life of James Barry, Mariel Tishma Trying to conceive: royal fertility issues in Renaissance times, Julius P. Bonello Joseph Merrick, “The Elephant Man”, JMS Pearce Are we culturally tone-deaf?, Clara Koo William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin, George Dunea Plagues and prejudice, Anne Jacobson Animality revisited in times of the coronavirus: A fable, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi Dr. Samuel Sarphati, Annabelle Slingerland Applause: reflections on “The Plague” and pandemic, Roger Ruiz Moral Mustard: history of the yellow seed, Carol Sherman Sections Art Flashes Moments in History Literary Vignettes Vignettes at Large Anatomy Antiquity Anthropology Art Essays Birth, Pregnancy, & Obstetrics Blood Books & Reviews Cardiology Doctors, Patients, and Diseases Education End of Life Ethics Fiction Food History Essays Hospitals of Note Infectious Disease Literary Essays Music Box Nephrology Neurology Nursing Personal Narratives Physicians of Note Poetry Psychiatry Psychology Science Surgery Travel War & Veterans Follow us on Social Media!
