Current Issue

December 22, 2016


Art Flashes	Moments in History	Literary Vignettes

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Seventh Hektoen International Grand Prix Essay Competition:
Winner: Carrie Barron – Character, genius, and a missing person in medicine
Runner-up: Liz Jones – The promise of a perfect smile

Frontispiece

Art

A picture of ill-health: the illness of Elizabeth Sidda l, Emily Boyle
Edgar Degas’ light sensitivity and its effects on his art, Zeynel Karcioglu
Wyeth and the symbolism of immobility, Kiersten Utter & Kyle Utter
History

Swaddling: forever bound in controversy, Jennifer Borst
An abominable habit, Michael Crossland
Welcome to The Jungle: the story of two food safety laws, Stephen Kosnar
Education

Harvard Medical School and the body snatchers, Kevin Loughlin
Becoming Judith, Emily Nghiem
Ports of Calls: toward a taxonomy of hospital on-call rooms, Mike Wong
Ethics

Medicine and trust, behind bars, Gail Burke
Enfreakment in the medicalization of difference, Camille Kroll
The professor and the playwright on what it means to care, Fergus Shanahan
Narrative

Avulsions, Torree McGowan
Resolution, Gaetan Sgro
Dressing the General, Rebecca Singer
Neurology and Psychiatry

In search of Cassandra, Charles Kels
Amnesia remembered, Karen Langer
Faith, neuroscience, and “the thorn” in Paul’s side, Christina Perri