In the last posting to this blog page—the essay topic was “Medicine in Literature” (https://stephenageller.com/2024/10/12/medicine-in-literature/ )—I considered some of the writings—novels, plays, stories and some non-fiction— in which medicine plays a role. This time it’s films. As briefly pointed out… Continue Reading →
The first known physician was the Egyptian Imhotep, who is thought to have been active in the years close to 2625 BCE. He was the chancellor to King Djoser, high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis and… Continue Reading →
To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful. … Continue Reading →
Classical music first became important to me when I was a student at Brooklyn College in the late 1950s, although I heard music, especially opera, which my grandfather loved, from childhood. My piano lessons, of course, included compositions by Bach… Continue Reading →
Two days ago, April 16, 2024, Carl Erskine died at the age of 97. “Oisk” or “The Oisk,” as he was popularly named, was the last of the great Brooklyn Dodgers team of the 1950s, and one of… Continue Reading →
On Thursday, March 14, a skin tumor I have had for a while was biopsied a second time prior to resection. I was not concerned since, based on the macroscopic (“gross,” “naked eye”) appearance, I know it is benign. Gross… Continue Reading →
(published in the Spring 2022 issue of the literary magazine El Portal). Thunderbird Marty lost the first love of his life to the son of the district attorney of Brooklyn. At first the family chauffeur, driving a long,… Continue Reading →
It’s a balmy late-September evening at Mount Vernon. After a particularly busy day for the retired President, crowded with meetings and tasks, including answering President Adams’ letter by providing some suggestions to calm the ongoing squabbles between Jefferson and Hamilton…. Continue Reading →
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