Cell 2 Soul: The Humane Health Care Blog

Marginal Notes: A marriage of humanity and medicine

"The Doctor" by Sir Luke Fildes, 1887

Medical practice lay a-bed,
With fever to the core;
Sickness festered in her head,
While death passed by the door.

A string of suitors, all untrue,
Had left her bed of pain,
Parties of the third did woo—
Though not for love, but gain.  more»

 

Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatrics as a Physician Assistant for 32 years. His "Marginal Notes" column appears periodically in the Cell2Soul Blog. The title "Marginal Notes" is taken from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "I love a broad margin to my life."

Halloween Cadaver Palaver

"The cadavers gather in early September.  After a cold, dark, lonely summer,  each alone on a gurney, stiffened by cold and formalin, they are glad for the well-lit anatomy laboratory, though one or two express exasperation at the fluorescent lightening which gives their skin a bluish pallor." 

Tonight, Halloween, is their special evening.  Larry Zaroff presents a story about sentient ghouls with heart:  Cadaver Reunion.  Chill out and Download CADAVER REUNION

Author Bio: Larry Zaroff has had five careers: cardiac surgeon, mountaineer, teacher of the medical humanities, writer, and volunteer family doctor.  You may contact him at: Larry Z.

The image is from the New Yorker Cover, 10/31/2005