Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Travel & Gardens

Eric Breitbart
La Maison: A palliative care center in France

Joan Callahan
A pilgrim’s poems from the heart

George Dunea
Stendhal syndrome, a hazard of tourism
A visit to New York: A wonderful town
Dead Sea: Health claims and tourist delights
Notes made after a medical meeting in Rhodes a long time ago

David Gullette
A column of volcanic sand

Rachel Kowalczyl
Taking note from nature: The wild heart of Panama

Kozlova Liudmyla
Medical tourism

Niina Majaniemi
Running in my blood

Mary Ann McDermott
Journaling – Enhancing the arts experience while traveling

Einar Perman
Doctor Moore in Italy
John Moore M.D. physician, travel writer and social commentator

Khwan Phusrisom
Traditional medicine in Yang Talat district, Isaan, Thailand 

John Raffensperger
The navel of the world: Belly buttons, innies and outies

Lynn Veach Sadler
Beyond negativity

L.J. Sandlow
The hospital that treated patients with music

L.J. Sandlow and George Dunea
Asclepius at Epidaurus
Ephesus and its renowned physicians
Budapest: Medicine and paprika
The Emberá of Panama

Robert Schenck
Travels with Genghis

Jessie Seiler
The Waiting Room

Lynda Slimmer
Art and healing pilgrimage to France: The art of re-imagining

James Smith
Behind the green partition

Kathleen L. Taylor and Mary Ann McDermott
Hope, health and healing on the Tiber

Bryan Walpole
Doctor on an expedition to the Antarctic

Winona Winkler Wendth
Body heat: September 1944


Gardens

The magnificent Boboli Gardens of Florence SUM ’25
The Bois de Boulogne of Paris SUM ’25
The Boston Public Garden: A botanical and medical landmark SUM ’25
The Cismigiu Gardens in Bucharest SUM ’25
The Dubai Miracle Garden: A botanical marvel in the desert SUM ’25
The Butchart Gardens – Vancouver’s botanical splendor SUM ’25
Madrid’s Real Jardín Botánico SUM ’25
Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands SUM ’25
The royal botanic gardens at Kew SUM ’25
Longwood Gardens: A living pharmacy of history and healing SUM ’25
The Majorelle Garden of Marrakech SUM ’25
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne SUM ’25
The Nymphenburg Garden of Munich SUM ’25
The Sanssouci Botanic Garden in Potsdam SUM ’25
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden: A blend of history, horticulture,
and health
SUM ’25
The botanic gardens of Singapore SUM ’25
The Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens SUM ’25
The gardens of Versailles SUM ’25
Vienna’s Volksgarten: A floral historical haven SUM ’25