Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Tollund Man

  • Half-digested clues

    Sarah Kearns Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA     Tollund Man seems to be sleeping peacefully, perfectly preserved with his sheepskin cap upon his head—and noose around his neck. On a warm spring day in Denmark in 1950 two brothers, Viggo and Emil Hojgaard, ventured out into the marshlands to gather peat to make fuel. With…