Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: thyroid abnormality

  • Robert Louis Stevenson and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

    Sally MetzlerChicago, Illinois, USA Famed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) traveled to Monterey, California, in 1879 and lived for three months on the second floor of a white adobe boarding house called the French Hotel. Located on 530 Houston Street, the edifice is now known as the Stevenson House and serves as a major…