Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Michelle Lott

  • Carville

    Michelle LottHouston, Texas, United States The old Indian Camp plantation in southern Louisiana was going to be an ostrich farm—at least that’s what folks were told, so as not to cause alarm. No ostriches ever came. Instead, it would become a home to those ostracized by society because they had a disease that struck a…