Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Category: Gallery

  • Artist statement – “Blades of the mill: A man battling with cancer” by Barb Schwarz Karst

    Barb Schwarz Karst “Blades of the Mill” is a series of eighteen mixed media paintings representing my brother Bob, four months into his eight-month treatment for cancer. Each of the eighteen paintings contains an image of Bob and a line of poetry that signifies a major turning point in his life. When combining all eighteen…

  • Gentle men

    Alan BlumAlabama, Tuscaloosa, USA As a medical student at Emory, I began adding sketches and snippets of dialogue to my charts as a way to spend more time with each patient, to focus more closely on the patient’s expression, and to try to capture the essence of our encounter. I do not use the term…