Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Michael Meguid

  • It takes a team

    Michael MeguidSyracuse, New York, United States I saw two bright colored polaroids: One pictured Rudolph, a burly coal miner with a white bandage about his left ankle. The second was a close-up showing a four-inch long festering ulcer overlying his Achilles tendon. Its crater floor appeared necrotic, slimy, and green. The margins looked chronically inflamed…

  • The colors of pride

    Michael MeguidMarco Island, Florida, United States In fragmented pieces, revealed casually and interspersed with daily political news, Zan gradually painted his life as a gentleman farmer in Orange County. In a moment of bravado he said, “I’ve had it for so many years and it hasn’t bothered me, it’ll probably be all right, Doc.” After…