Ending one’s life on the stage
Angela Belli New York City, New York, United States Writers and physicians often share the same […]
Tag Archives: Angela Belli
Dr. Blockhead’s victory: up there, down here
Angela Belli Queens, New York, United States The iconic image of the prizefighter raising his hands above his head in a gesture of victory is given life in Flannery O’Connor’s The Enduring Chill.1 He appears not as a heavyweight champion of the world but as a country doctor. The main character in the story […]
Andreas Vesalius’ audience speaks out
Angela Belli Queens, New York, United States Andreas Vesalius’ The Fabric of the Human Body marks not only a milestone in medical history but, by virtue of its extraordinary illustrations, offers ample evidence of medicine and art complementing each other. The frontispiece of the work, depicting an audience witnessing a dissection performed by Vesalius, […]