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We invite you to participate in the 2021 Hektoen Essay Competition honoring board member Mrs. Hella Mannheimer (1924-2020). Two prizes will be awarded: $5,000 for the winner and $2,500 for runner-up. Essays should be under 1,500 words. Deadline is September 15 at 12 pm (noon) CST. View guidelines here.
Vignettes and Briefs
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| Hospitals in Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (1516)
Crawford W. Long, first use of ether anesthesia A white horse painted with purple spots Steam powered machine to pull a tooth |
Sir Patrick Manson—“Father of Tropical Medicine”
Gulliver at Luggnagg – learning about the immortal struldbrugs (abridged) The Girl with a Pearl Earring—a vanitas?, James Lindesay The trouble with the belly button, Tonse N. K. Raju Abraham Lincoln’s smallpox, Howard Fischer No complaints, only symptoms, Peter Arnold Lucid interval, Emma Manuel, Eshwar Rajesh The novice, Charles Halsted From here, Rasa Rafie |
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