Volume 4, Issue 2 – Spring 2012

No bag lady

Larry Zaroff

A homeless woman’s remarkable influence on a small California town More…

Transient pleasure

Liam Farrell

A doctor’s struggle to overcome addiction More…

The boys who did not come back

P. Ravi Shankar

A medical emergency in a remote Nepalese village More…

WHACK’ed

Eliette Markhbein

An art exhibit honoring traumatic brain injury survivors More…

Trauma stewardship

Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

& Connie Burk

An everyday guide to caring for oneself while caring for othersMore…

Reconstructing a self

Mary T. Shannon

Using narrative and memoir writing to heal from childhood sexual abuse More…

The company of butchers

John Graham-Pole

A newly-minted surgical dresser’s encounter with an unfortunate meat porter More…

Following orders

Boris D. Veysman

A resident’s traumatic introduction to the importance of questioning orders More…

FDR’s last illness

Armando Susmano

Malignant hypertension in an era without
treatment More

Samuel A. Levine

Philip R. Liebson

Remembering a great cardiologist and diagnostician whose skill lay in his eyes, ears, and hands More…

In memoriam: Paul Wood

George Dunea

This British cardiologist redefined bedside diagnostics of heart disease More…

Revisiting a medical classic

James L. Franklin

Brain injury and its effect on the creativity of great artists More…

The peach tree

W. Roy Smythe

Advanced cancer and an unpleasant oncology exam reminds a man of his blessings More…

A perfect day

Mike Ellman

A senior resident reflects on the methods of the attending oncologist and the treatment of untreatable cancer More…

My tragedy in retrospect

Mary Osborne

Transforming tragedy into a work of art does not come without
effort More…

Miriam’s stoicism

Elizabeth Neglia

A husband holds on to his wife despite her suffering More…

Favorite quotes

“The Government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman who just puts down what he damn pleases.” (Sir Josiah Stamp)
More quotations

Man of one book

George Dunea

Should one read widely or concentrate on a few authors? And is there still a role for the man of one book? More…

Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library

Anna Lantz

This library is a one of Sweden’s cultural treasures. It houses 35,000 books. More…

Literary quiz

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