Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: patient stealing

  • The bullet in Garibaldi’s ankle

    Giuseppe Garibaldi will forever be remembered as the greatest hero of the Italian risorgimento and struggle for independence. Even today there is no city in Italy, large or small, that has not raised a statue in his honor. He had been popular even before Italian unification, throughout Europe and especially in England. Had he not…