Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Troy

  • In Aristotle’s footsteps

    Henri ColtLaguna Beach, California, United States Squatting on a cement slab, the old doctor watched sea urchins bristle their spines in clear Aegean waters. His short brown tunic covered shoulders broad as an oxen’s chest. He flexed his tanned, muscular forearms and clenched his fists, then rolled his cotton trousers up to his knees and…

  • In search of Cassandra

    Charles KelsSan Antonio, Texas, United States “Psychiatrists are [not] always wrong with respect to future dangerousness, only most of the time.”– Barefoot v Estelle, 463 US 880 (1983) My wife is the smartest person I know, but she is not, to the best of my knowledge, omniscient. This qualification would be unnecessary had she not…