Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

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  • Prayer to St. Roch, patron of plague sufferers  

    Jack CoulehanStony Brook, New York Please take your work to the next step, St. Roch, beyond being a friendly ghost to the lost. Bring us back from the edge. Pour out the healing grace of your touch at a distance, if possible. We beg you. Believe me, the people are skeptical. Continue making the sign of the cross to heal us, but add Islam’s crescent, David’s star,…