Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

  • Frédéric Chopin: Poland’s greatest composer (1810–1849)

    Frédéric Chopin was one of the greatest piano composers of the Romantic era. Born to a French father and a Polish mother, he grew up in a household that highly valued education and culture. By age six, he was already creating musical compositions, and at age seven, he wrote a polonaise. He received his formal…