Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

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  • Immigrants, all

    Eric PfeifferTampa, Florida, USA Poet’s statement I am so lucky. My poems write themselves. I only listen. Immigrants, allOld age was a foreign countrywhen I first came here,another language spoken,and customs hard to understand. But I have learned the language.Sometimes I even dreamin my new tonguethough idioms still elude me. I tried to ask the…

  • Dr. Meadow’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy: The history and the controversy

    Nereida EsparzaChicago, Illinois, United States Munchausen syndrome is a severe psychiatric disorder described in the DSM-IV. In 1951 Dr. Richard Asher named the illness after Baron Munchausen (full name Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchhausen, 1720–1797).1 The German-born baron served in the Russian army until 1750. On his return from the army he was known…

  • Philosophy of science and medicine series — IV: Alexandrian period

    Philip LiebsonChicago, Illinois, United States The Alexandrian tradition was first manifested in the Royal Museum in Alexandria, established by the Ptolomies who ruled over Egypt at that time. The museum contained the royal library, one of the largest and most significant resources of the ancient world. Established in the third century BC, it functioned as…