Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Rogues Gallery

  • The night the troubles erupted in Belfast

    Alun EvansBelfast, United Kingdom When I qualified in medicine at the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1968, Northern Ireland was a curious cocktail of sectarianism and garden parties. I soon discovered that winning the medal in surgery was not such a bright idea when I began my postgraduate career as Professor Harold Rodgers’ single-handed house…