Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Roman Emperors and their Illnesses

  • Book review: Roman Emperors and Their Illnesses

    Arpan K. BanerjeeSolihull, UK Books about illness in political figures are not a new phenomenon. Lord Moran, Winston Churchill’s personal physician, wrote an important work based on his experience. David Owen, a physician and distinguished Foreign Secretary in the British Labour Government under Prime Minister James Callaghan, in 2008 wrote In Sickness and Power, an…