Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Frank’s sign

  • Hadrian and Frank’s sign

    Vittoria SabatiniFlorence, Italy It is difficult to remain an emperor in the presence of a physician, and difficult even to keep one’s essential quality as man. The professional eye saw in me only a mass of humors, a sorry mixture of blood and lymph. This morning it occurred to me for the first time that…