Volume 13, Issue 3
Volume 13, Issue 3 – Summer 2021 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance 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 […]
Guidelines for the 2021 Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition
We invite you to participate in the 2021 Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition in honor of Hektoen Institute Board Member Mrs. Hella Mannheimer (1924-2020). Two prizes will be awarded: $5,000 for the winner and $2,500 for the runner-up. Please read the instructions carefully before submitting your article for publication. Topics might include art, history, literature, […]
Volume 12, Issue 4
Volume 12, Issue 4 – Fall 2020 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Readers are invited to enjoy this selection of articles for the fall, as well as exploring the new Vignettes section. Frontispiece Ghirlandaio: the portrait of an elderly man and young boy, Vincent P. de Luise Syndrome […]
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ART AND MEDICINE IN FLORENCE Published in October, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . BRONZINO AND THE WAGES OF SIN Artists, statesmen, scholars, warriors, and even popes were affected by syphilis in those times. Take King Francis I of France (1494–1547). A polished man, […]
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RUSSIAN LITERATURE Published in October, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . THE EDUCATION OF DOCTOR CHEKHOV Chekhov was neither an academic star, nor a social standout. There were, however, two areas in which he excelled. The first was his ability to listen to patients […]
Volume 12, Issue 4
Fall 2020 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Readers are invited to enjoy this selection of articles for the fall, as well as exploring the new Vignettes section. Ghirlandaio: the portrait of an elderly man and young boy, Vincent P. de Luise Syndrome de Lasthénie de Ferjol, Krishna G. Badami […]
Volume 12, Issue 3
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. Frontispiece 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 […]
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HONORING THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS Published on May, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . ALL BLOOD RUNS RED Clara Barton The American Red Cross (ARC) is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other disasters. Based on […]
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EPIDEMICS Published in March, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . The recent coronavirus outbreak inevitably brings to mind the Spanish flu, the deadly influenza pandemic of a century ago. Here we republish seven articles about this devastating viral disease that spread to the four corners of the world, killing […]
Bloodlust: the embodiment of the uncanny in “The Vampyre”
Emily Cline Montréal, QC, Canada John William Polidori’s The Vampyre, published in 1819, established the conventions of the vampire genre. Though Polidori did draw his inspiration from Lord Byron’s “Augustus Darvell,” the story was wrongfully attributed to Byron by publisher Henry Colburn. This People’s illustrated edition, published in London ca. 1884 and illustrated by […]