A Journal of Medical Humanities
HONORING THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS Published on May, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . ALL BLOOD RUNS RED Clara Barton The American Red Cross (ARC) is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other disasters. Based on…
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Published in February, 2020 H E K T O R A M A . THE BLACK BARBERSHOP AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION Barbershop health-prevention outreach has some inherent limitations. Barbers enjoy positions of respect and trust in the black community,7,11,15 but men can still be uncomfortable…
TRAVEL AND MEDICINE Published in December, 2019 H E K T O R A M A . DOCTOR MOORE IN ITALY Moore, a practicing physician in Glasgow with a good reputation, was offered an opportunity to travel. Like other prominent noblemen of his day, the young Duke of Hamilton was…
DA VINCI AT 500 Published in December, 2019 H E K T O R A M A . The year 2019 celebrates the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest painters and polymaths of all time. Born near Florence in 1452, he moved to Milan at…
LATIN AMERICA Published in September, 2019 H E K T O R A M A . AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDICAL PIONEERS The first hospital in the Americas was built by Fray Nicolás de Ovando from 1503 to 1508 in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti). Named Hospital de San Nicolás de Bari (I), it was located in…
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 GLORY OF FRANCE Published in September 2019 H E K T O R A M A . ARCHITECTURE AND THE FRENCH HOSPITAL Parisian hospitals, like those in many European capitals, are the results of years of accretion. Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest Parisian hospital, was founded by Saint Landry in…