Volume 10, Issue 1 – Winter 2018
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The Sixth Hektoen International Grand Prix essay competition is now closed, and we thank our readers for the many wonderful articles they have sent. We are now engaged in evaluating the record number of submissions we have received and will announce the winners as soon as this process has been concluded.
Frontispiece
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Art Essays
Unlocking the secrets of a Bohemian painting, Bernard Brabin
Portraits of vision: Sir Joshua Reynold, Sally Metzler
Alcohol and the art of David Teniers Jr., Mirjana Stojkovic – Ivkovic -
Literary Essays
Walt Whitman: a difficult patient., Jack Coulehan
Sir Roderick Glossop: Wodehouse’s “eminent loony doctor”, Paul Dakin
Patrick Branwell Bronte (1817-1848)…, J.M.S. Pearce -
Infectious Diseases
Katherine Anne Porter and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán
Ernest Black Struthers: missionary life…, Peter Kopplin
Reflections on early 20th century tuberculosis…, Gregory Rutecki -
Music Box
Music and Brain, Rayda Aaishah Joomun
Mozart “Effect” on us…, Vincent P. de Luise
Was the Mozart Effect evident Mozart?, Harishnath Ramachandra -
Personal Narratives
Life of a blanket in the medical center, Fredna DeCarlo
The girl on the gurney, Diana Pi
Phantom pains, Daly Walker -
Science
Redifining the war on cancer, Justin Shea
Serendipity: is it mere lucky coincidence? Isuri Upeksha Wimalasiri
Using bacteria in cancer therapy, Andy Tay
