The death of Farrah Fawcett, who succumbed to cancer Thursday, demonstrates the tricky relationship between cancer, hope, and the media. In February 2007, doctors declared her "cancer-free"; as recently as last month, they said she was "doing very well. ...
Edward Schecter remembers overhearing the doctors saying he was going to die. MEMORIES Eddie Schecter in 1952, when he contracted typhoid in Queens. His fever had spiked to 106 degrees. Doctors put him in a bathtub full of ice, then gave him a ...
As a Jewish physician practicing medicine in 2009, I hardly ever pay attention to my religious affiliation. But in the years before World War II, at my institution and at other medical schools, Judaism was very much on people’s minds. Informal quotas ...
The photographs in the remarkable new book Dissection shocked me, even though I spent a year in anatomy class during medical school. Dissection includes dozens of images of late-19th- and early-20th-century medical students posing, often in comedic ...
When Libby Zion died 25 years ago this week, no one would have guessed that her case would change history. But it did. The efforts of her bereaved and furious father, Sidney Zion, set into a motion a series of reforms to the system of medical education ...
Polio may seem like a distant memory. But thousands of people still live with the effects of the disease every day. And many are only in their 60s. One of them is Sharon Stern. In 1954, at age 9, she developed the dreaded "summer plague." Although she ...
Polio may seem like a distant memory. But thousands of people still live with the effects of the disease every day. And many are only in their 60s. POET, TUTOR Sharon Stern breathes with a respirator. Sharon Stern in an iron lung. One of them is ...
For decades, medical students have written and acted in satirical comedy shows spoofing their experiences. Such shows were almost always closed events, presented by the students to one another and the faculty. Audience members, the students' senior ...
NEW YORK: The urology rotation during my third year of medical school might best be described as a boys' club, often characterized by infighting, one-upmanship and sexual humor. It was a little off-putting to many students, but always entertaining. So ...
The urology rotation during my third year of medical school might best be described as a boys’ club, often characterized by infighting, one-upmanship and sexual humor. It was a little off-putting to many students, but always entertaining. So imagine ...
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