Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

  • Robert Louis Stevenson and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

    Sally MetzlerChicago, Illinois, USA Famed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) traveled to Monterey, California, in 1879 and lived for three months on the second floor of a white adobe boarding house called the French Hotel. Located on 530 Houston Street, the edifice is now known as the Stevenson House and serves as a major…

  • Only blood

    Anthony ChiocchiNew York, New York, United States I remember my first nosebleed. It was the late eighties and I was at the age where it was still permissible for me to sleep on the floor of my parent’s bedroom. Ostensibly this was due to their superior air conditioner, but in truth I was afraid of…