Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: President of the United States

  • Eisenhower and Crohn’s Disease

    James L. FranklinChicago, IL First published in the Illinois Carol Fisher Chapter Newsletter of September 11, 2005.Published by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.  It is still well within the public consciousness that Dwight David Eisenhower suffered a myocardial infarction three years into his first term of office as President of the United States…

  • Rosalyn Yalow: Opinions and actions

    Maja NowakowskiBrooklyn, New York, United States “Peer-review process cannot possibly support truly original research because, by definition, an original thinker has no peers.” Anyone who had even a brief conversation with Rosalyn Yalow will recognize her profound insight and bold judgment. These were not idle words: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, the second woman ever to win…