Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: bog bodies

  • Half-digested clues

    Sarah KearnsAnn Arbor, Michigan, USA On a warm spring day in Denmark in 1950 two brothers, Viggo and Emil Hojgaard, ventured out into the marshlands to gather peat to make fuel. With hefty sharp spades, they cut out earthen bricks of decayed organic matter to be used as an energy source. During this laborious task,…