Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: lungs

  • Bloodlust: The embodiment of the uncanny in “The Vampyre”

    Emily ClineMontréal, QC, Canada Upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein:—to this the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, “A Vampyre! a Vampyre!” — The Vampyre, John William Polidori With this image Polidori introduces the conventions of the modern vampire story.…

  • Taking a history in the ICU: Social: Does your husband still smoke?

    Sophia Valesca GörgensAtlanta, Georgia, United States He smokes when he thinks I’m not looking,she tells me, then glances at him as ifexpecting him to contradict her but the ventilator is pressed to his faceand his eyes are lidded dim with midazolamfor sedation, fentanyl for pain. There is pain in her words, her body, and she…