Volume 11, Issue 2 – Spring 2019
Published in Chicago by theHektoen Institute of Medicine
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The seventh Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition is now closed. We thank all who have submitted articles, and will announce the winners in our next issue. In the meantime, please enjoy the selection of articles featured here in Frontispiece.
Frontispiece
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Art
Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, Jessica Lobo
The anatomy of Michelangelo (1475-1564), JMS Pearce
Anatomy and pathology in Zurbaran’s paintings, Stephen Martin -
History
Saul Farber on St. Helena, Peter H. Berczeller
Thomas Bartholin’s consolation on the burning of his library, Timo Hannu
Mithridates, “deadly poison” and a classic misdiagnosis, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe -
Hospitals
St. Mary’s Hospitals, Anabelle Slingerland & K. Brown
The founding of Rush Medical College , Joseph deBettencourt
Qatar’s Sidra Hospital and Damien Hirt’s Journey, Sally Metzler -
Infectious disease
Clara Maass and yellow fever, Mariel Tishma
El garrotillo: on diphtheria and Goya, Vicent Rodilla
Path of compassion, Raisa Zubareva -
Literary
A bit of irony: Sir William Wilde and Oscar Wilde, James L. Franklin
Margaret Edson’s W;t, Atara Messinger
Reading the brain in John Keat’s Ode to Psyche, Kathryne Dycus -
Physicians and Surgery
The art of surgery, Cynthia J. Avila
The brief history of mesmerism and surgery, Vincent P. de Luise
William Withering and the use of foxglove, Göran Wettrell
