Tag Archives: Connecticut

Pain management

June 8, 2021

Andrew Yim Hamden, Connecticut   Clear glass bottle containing ‘Papine’ brand liquid (opium and morphine hydrochloride). Science Museum Group Collection. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Once a month, Ada tells me about her pain and then I write a script for oxycodone. When Ada tires of my Spanish or I of her English, we use a phone […]

Ghirlandaio, humanism, and truth: The portrait of an elderly man and young boy

August 3, 2020

Vincent P. de Luise New Haven, Connecticut, United States   Figure 1. Portrait of an Elderly Man and Child (Ritratto di un Vecchio e Nipote). Domenico Ghirlandaio, tempera on poplar panel, 1490. Louvre Museum. Via Wikimedia. “. . . There is no more human a picture in the entire range of Quattrocento painting, whether in […]

Red Cross targets emotional impact of climate change

January 24, 2020

Sharon Cohen Newtown, Connecticut, United States   Red Cross volunteer comforts a survivor of a California fire with fatalities. Photograph by Andrea Booher, FEMA FEMA library–Public Domain Natural disasters are growing in frequency and intensity worldwide. Mother Nature demonstrated her devastating fury in over 300 global events of intense wind, rain, floods, and fire in […]