Volume 10, Issue 4 – Fall 2018
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Hektoen International Food and the Body essay competition.
The winners are:
Grand Prize Winner:
Pellagra: a medical whodunit by Putzer J. Hung
Runner-up:
The madness of hunger by Sylvia Karasu
Honorable Mention:
Food of the body by Katrina Genuis
We received many excellent essays and, as always, appreciate the chance to read interesting work exploring the medical humanities. Many other excellent articles have been added to the Food section of Hektoen International thanks to our contest participants, and we encourage our readers to explore them, along with our winners.
Frontispiece
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Anatomy
Why did Darwin drop out of medical school?, R. Brown & T. Garvock-de Montbrun
Classicism and Sir Charles Bell’s Engravings of the Nerves, Allister Neher
Foundations of anatomy in Bologna, JMS Pearce -
Art
The Terme Boxer’s trauma, Seth Judson
Letters from the asylum, Nicholas Kang
Gertrude Abercrombie: surrealist predilection & pancreatic affliction, Sally Metzler -
Birth, Pregnancy, and Obstetrics
A history of breastfeeding and wet nurses, Nursan Cinar
Bob Edwards and the perils of publicity, James Drife
A mother’s voice, Kelsey Hart -
History Essays
The battle of the vivisected dog, Jack Effron
Shackleton’s angel, Paul G. Firth
The Monros: a medical dynasty, JMS Pearce -
Literary Essays
Madness, mind-doctors, and Mrs Dalloway, Sabina Dosani
Saints on trial, Michael D. Shulman
Joseph Roth, a visionary poet and victim of European history, Frank Wollheim -
Music Box
Song as a unit for physical activity: A-minor proposal, Cillin Condon
Visualizing Mozart, Vincent P. de Luise
The symbolic portrait of Mozart’s patron Dr. Ferdinand Deiean, Stephen Martin
