Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Michael

  • Saints on trial

    Michael Shulman New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States    The Lady with the Lamp There is an irresistible sub-genre of literature devoted to the moral takedown of saints and would-be saints, and it has brought forth contributions from some of the masters of English prose. One thinks especially of George Orwell’s portrait of Gandhi (“Saints should…