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. Ghirlandaio: the portrait of an elderly man and young boy, Vincent P. de Luise Syndrome de Lasthénie […]
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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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ASPECTS OF ANTON CHEKHOV 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 […]
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 […]
Submission Instructions (draft)
Submit your article via email to journal@hektoeninternational.org or by using the submission form below. Please read the instructions carefully before submitting your article for publication. Articles Articles must be unpublished, original work that relates medicine to the humanities and no more than 1,600 words in length. Each submission should include: A cover page with: […]
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. 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 […]
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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 […]
Healthcare now and then
BITTER MEDICINE Medical remedies have a long history of unpleasantness, either because their nasty taste could not be masked or perhaps because of a traditional prejudice that a prescribed remedy would not work unless it was bitter, fizzed when dissolved in water, or was painful if given by injection. Classical examples are treacle, castor oil, […]