Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Charon

  • An act of cowardice

    Michael Shen Indianapolis, Indiana, United States   Charon carries souls across the river Styx. Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko. 1861. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow and die. The cirrhotics in the unit do the same. Their path already charted, their lives like leaves in the wind, we carried them as long as…

  • Welcome aboard

    Myron F. Weiner Dallas, TX   Charon carries souls across the river Styx Greetings! Welcome to your afterlife! I am Charon, your boatman; your guide from life to death. Life differs for everyone who is born. Death is the same. Although, stooped, I am strong enough To convey you to See the river the Greeks…