Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: The Alchemist

  • The village uroscopist

    Alexandru SonocSibiu, Romania A physician sits in his studio at a table on which stand several covered vases. He has a book in his left hand and holds in his right hand a glass flask against the light coming in through the window. Nearby there is a furnace where his curing concoctions are prepared in…