Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Locard’s principle

  • Locard’s principle and the surgeon

    Sukanya SamChennai, India It is near-most bliss, a somber quietitude, from the moment the surgeon scrubs, which takes about ten minutes, soaping up past his elbows, calmly lathering up, fingers interlocking and then not, covering every inch and then rinsing with saline—holding up his hands methodically, allowing the liquid to fall sequentially from his hands…