Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Colchicine

  • The three contraries of Benjamin Franklin: “The gout, the stone and not yet master of all my passions”

    James L. FranklinChicago, Illinois, United States On May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin wrote from Passy on the outskirts of Paris to George Whatley that “at Fourscore the three contraries that have befallen me, being subject to the Gout and the Stone, and not yet Master of all my passions.”1 It is a long letter and…

  • Dr. Currier McEwen

    Maria Kinsella St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Dr. Currier McEwen forgot about growing old. No invasion of senior moments were permitted to cross his mind. He was committed to his own intuitiveness and enjoyed the ride of his life to its destination amidst multi-colored blooming beauties. I knew Dr. McEwen as a student when he was…