Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Lorenzo Da Ponte

  • Mozart, Mesmer and medicine

    James L. Franklin   Paper given at the Chicago Literary Club on February 16, 2004 As a physician, I have long been interested in representations of medical topics in literature, art and music. Examples quickly come to mind: the world of the tuberculosis sanatorium in “The Magic Mountain” of Thomas Mann or an epidemic in…