Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • Doctors’ husbands

    Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden   Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels. “Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   The stereotypical image of the “medical couple” is changing: it is no longer the doctor-husband and his nonphysician-wife. This change is permanent and will accelerate, since 60% of American…

  • Isaac Bashevis Singer describes koro

    Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden   “When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer   Mephistopheles in the air (Méphistophélès dans les airs). Lithograph by Eugène Delacroix. Plate 1 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published…