Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: American Revolution

  • Did Casimir Pulaski have 21-hydroxylase deficiency?

    Gregory Rutecki Lyndhurst, Ohio, United States   Casimir Pulaski, from the Great Generals series (N15) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Allen & Ginter. 1888. Metropolitan Museum of Art. “. . . I could not submit to stoop before the sovereigns of Europe, so I came to hazard all the freedom of America, and desirous…

  • Washington’s deadliest enemy

    Kathryn Tone Wiesbaden, Germany    George Washington, John Trumbull, 1790 As Commander of the Continental Army, General George Washington is famously remembered for the surprise 1776 Christmas attack on the Hessian garrison in Trenton, New Jersey. A bold, relatively spontaneous decision, the attack was a last-ditch effort to salvage some sort of victory after some punishing…