Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Ellis Island Hospital Overview

  • Ellis Island Hospital, from quarantine to freedom

    Annabelle S. SlingerlandLeiden, the Netherlands The recent news and concerns about immigration into Europe and other parts of the world bring to mind similar events and fears prevailing in the years during which millions of people immigrated into the United States of America. During that period, under the benevolent gaze of the Statue of Liberty…