Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Munich

  • The Nymphenburg Garden of Munich

    The Nymphenburg Garden in Munich, Germany, was established in the late 17th century as part of the Nymphenburg Palace complex. Commissioned by the Elector Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, it was initially designed in a strict Baroque style by Charles Carbonet and Dominique Girard. It evolved into a Romantic landscape park under Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell in the early 19th century, blending formal geometry with naturalistic elements such as winding paths, lakes,…

  • William John Adie (1886–1935)

    JMS PearceHull, England William John Adie (Fig 1) deserves to be remembered as an unusually gifted, compassionate clinician and teacher, but he is best known for his account of the myotonic (Holmes-Adie) pupil. One of many talented Australians who enhanced British medicine, Adie was born in Geelong, west of Melbourne. He was educated at Flinder’s…