Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: North Carolina

  • Christian Sibelius: Finland’s first professor of psychiatry

    Jonathan DavidsonDurham, North Carolina, United States When the name Sibelius is mentioned, most people will think of the famous Finnish composer, Jean. Outside of Scandinavia, few will know that Jean’s younger brother, Christian, achieved distinction in a very different field: psychiatry. Even less well-known is the multi-generational presence of physicians in Christian’s family, starting with…

  • Discrimination: From Blues to Amazing Grace to sleeves

    Lauren E. HillWalnut Cove, North Carolina, United StatesJack E. RiggsMorgantown, West Virginia, United States “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” – Bertrand Russell, from “An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish” “Now I know you’re a Blue, but these old eyes don’t…

  • To see or not to see

    J. Trig BrownDurham, North Carolina, United States In my youth I watchedthe body countmount.In black and whitethe nightly news“and that’s the way it is”Saint Walter mouthed,to living rooms nationwide.This visible enemyInvisibly changing us all. Today, masked, I watchthe body countmount.In high definitioncolorful graphics,erratic, non-stop messaging,fingers pointingfingers crossed,this invisible enemyvisibly changing us all. J. TRIG BROWN,…