Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Historic Herbalism

  • More than “toil and trouble”: Macbeth and medicine

    Mariel Tishma Chicago, Illinois, United States   The Witches. Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien). 1510. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The image of a woman – a witch — working over a bubbling cauldron filled with stomach-turning substances is a staple of both horror and more family friendly media. One such example is Shakespeare’s…