Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Pacemaker

  • Preparing for the unexpected

    Anthony PapagiannisThessaloniki, Greece Working in specialist medical practice one is familiar with the spectrum of clinical problems likely to appear in one’s regular professional menu. However, it is common knowledge that unexpected situations do occur: the human body and being is complex and unpredictable, organ systems work interdependently and not in isolation, and we must…

  • I sing the battery electric

    Victoria CrawfordChiang Mai, Thailand One, two nights there came an odd flutterwhen half asleep, half awake, on my left side,as slight as a moth’s wings might stutter,a beat— lopsided, not to be denied. My five year old maker unpaced me,potholed cadences , the rhythm of my life:five years for the electric battery,four or five for me…