Volume 9, Issue 3 – Summer 2017
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In this issue, we highlight the winners of the Fifth Hektoen international Grand Prix Competition and the winning essay by Ms. Anika Khan;
the winning brief essay from Adam S. Komrowski and Sang Ik Song; and the articles that received honorable mentions from Dr. Sylvia Karasu,
Mary Vallo, Dr. Craig Blackstone, and Dr. Kevin E. Loughlin.
Frontispiece
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Art
The Isenheim Altarpiece and ‘homeopathic’ hospital art, Katrina Genuis
Alcohol and the art of David Terniers Jr., Mirjana Stojkovic-Ivkovic
Dr. Pozzi at home: gynecologist, soldier, socialite, Sally Metzler -
Famous Hospitals
Charite hospital, Annabelle Slingerland
The first general hospital of Baghdad, Hussain Al-Sardar
St. Patrick’s Hospital: a legacy of Jonathon Swift, Linda S. Slusser -
Literary Essays
Resounding silence: the trouble with Hamlet’s body and soul, Mary Vallo
Sir Roderick Glossop: Wodehouse’s “eminent loony doctor,” Paul Dakin
About face: from revulsion to compassion, Sylvia Karasu -
Neurology
Locked-in syndrome: inside the cocoon, Anika Khan
Joseph Babinski of the Babinski Sign, George Dunea
On not remembering faces, Christopher C. Hemond -
Moments in History
The King’s-Evil…, Adam S. Komorowski & Sang Ik Song
The Hogmouths of Habsburg, Craig Blackstone
Measure of the heart…, Richard de Grijs & Daniel Vuillermin -
Physicians of Note
Frances Oldham Kelsey…, Kevin Loughlin
Torsten Almén…, Frank A. Wollheim
Stephen Hales…, JMS Pearce
