Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Anabelle S. Slingerland

  • Groote Schuur Hospital, location, lineage and legacy

    Annabelle S. Slingerland Leiden, the Netherlands   Façade of Groote Schuur Hospital Beginnings The Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa’s Cape Town sits on a site first discovered in 1488 by the Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias. He called the peninsula Cabo Tormentosa (Cape of Storms), a good description of a site where the notorious South-Easter wind…

  • The Joslin Diabetes Center

    Annabelle S. SlingerlandLeiden, the Netherlands Matthew BrownBoston, Massachusetts, United States Of the many hospitals that have risen to fame because of the accomplishments of their staff, the Joslin Diabetes Center is one of the most iconic. Founded at a time when diabetes was largely untreatable and often a death sentence, it was named after Elliott…