Volume 12, Issue 3 March 31, 2020 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
