At the beginning of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark, the explorers cross an ocean guided by a chart that is entirely blank.Wonder is probably less elusive than the Snark, whether Boojum or no. Virtually all of us report experiences of it. But what is it, and where is Read more…
Medicine, Mythos, Museums, and the Muse: Museums on the Cutting Edge of Medical Humanities By Brandy Schillace The recent December 2013 issue of Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry hosted its first medical humanities special section. In the introduction (“Meaning and Medicine in a New Key”), I began with the following quote: Read more…
Somatosphere and the Science, Technology, and Medicine Interest Group of the SMA are pleased to present a new online project — “Commonplaces,” developed and curated by Tomas Matza and Harris Solomon. “Commonplaces” will draw together a series of short entries (approximately 500-1000 words) from scholars on the classical and contemporary sites in medicine and science. Think: Read more…