Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Aberdeen Grammar School

  • Lord Byron and his strange relationship with food

    Mildred Wilson “. . . I would rather not exist than be large.” Lord Byron – Trinity College (1805-1808) On April 15, 1805, George Gordon Byron wrote to Hargreaves Hanson, a fellow classmate at the prestigious school for boys Harrow, in conjunction with a planned visit to Hanson’s home: “. . . wish that you…