Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Sue Reeves

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    WOMEN IN MEDICINE Published in November, 2019 H E K T O R A M A     .     ALICE HAMILTON     The squalid streets of working-class Chicago in the late nineteenth century would have been something of a shock to the girl who grew up in a sheltered but educated household…

  • The art of playing with food

    Sue ReevesLondon, United Kingdom Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was an Italian painter most celebrated for his curious portraits of human heads composed of objects such as plants, fruit, and vegetables. The paintings have been described as “whimsical puzzle like portraits” and have retained their enchanting appeal over the years.1 Perhaps in the past children trying to replicate…

  • Cicely Williams and kwashiorkor

    Sue ReevesRoehampton, London, UK Cicely Delphine Williams (1893–1992) has been described as achieving  the ‘physician’s dream’1 by diagnosing, identifying the cause, and finding a prevention and a cure for a disease.2  The disease she identified was kwashiorkor, a severe form of protein-energy malnutrition, fatal if not treated promptly.  Williams was the first woman to recognize…