Volume 13 Special Issue
Volume 13, Special Issue – Fall 2021 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Hektoen International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Grand Prix Essay Competition. Winner: C. Louis Leipoldt: the polymath physician and literary giant, Stephen Marcus Finn Runner up: “Plague of the Sea, and the Spoyle […]
Volume 13, Issue 4
Volume 13, Issue 4 – Fall 2021 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Please enjoy this selection of articles for fall. Hektoen International thanks all participants in our recent Grand Prix Essay contest. The winner will be announced in an upcoming issue. Frontispiece The discoverers of aspirin, JMS Pearce […]
Sumer 2021 Record
Volume 13, Issue 3 – Summer 2021 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance The 2021 Hektoen Essay Competition honoring board member Mrs. Hella Mannheimer (1924-2020) closed September 15 at 12 pm (noon) CST. The winner will be announced in an upcoming issue. Frontispiece Knock, or The Triumph of Medicine, […]
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
THE HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL 2021 GRAND PRIX CLOSED SEPTEMBER 15th AT 12PM (NOON). 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 […]
Volume 12, Issue 4
Volume 12, Issue 4 – Fall 2020 ISSN 2155-3017 For information and announcements visit At a glance Frontispiece Ghirlandaio: the portrait of an elderly man and young boy, Vincent P. de Luise Syndrome de Lasthénie de Ferjol, Krishna G. Badami Learning about children, Canon Brodar Samuel Mudd MD: Good Samaritan or conspirator?, Kevin […]
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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 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 Robert Louis Stevenson and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Sally Metzler Ladies in red: medical, […]