Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Michael Shen

  • An act of cowardice

    Michael Shen Indianapolis, Indiana, United States   Charon carries souls across the river Styx. Alexander Dmitrievich Litovchenko. 1861. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. In autumn, the leaves turn yellow and die. The cirrhotics in the unit do the same. Their path already charted, their lives like leaves in the wind, we carried them as long as…