Category: Litmed
MedHum.org now features select content from the original Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database (LitMed), founded by Felice Aull and Martin Nachbar at the NYU School of Medicine in 1993. These classics of the medical humanities include a curated collection of reviews of literature, visual and performing arts. Many of the original editors are now contributing to MedHum.org.
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The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
A lyrical World War I tale blending medicine, love, and ethics, The Winter Soldier immerses readers in history and humanity.
How To Be Depressed by George Scialabba
A candid, unconventional book blending psychiatric records, personal struggle, and practical tips, offering rare insight into living with depression.
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
This essay collection explores living with severe mental illness, blending memoir, cultural critique, and reflections on resilience, treatment, and identity.
One Friday in April by Donald Antrim
Donald Antrim’s memoir confronts suicide, psychosis, and survival with unflinching honesty, blending personal crisis, hospitalization, and hard-earned hope.
American Sirens By Kevin Hazzard
Kevin Hazzard’s American Sirens illuminates Freedom House paramedics’ pivotal role in medical history, racial justice, and emergency care innovation.
Musee des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
This poem reveals how human suffering unfolds quietly, unnoticed, while ordinary life continues its daily rhythms, indifferent to personal catastrophe.
Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen
Owen’s stark poem portrays shell-shocked soldiers haunted by war, exposing both their torment and society’s complicity in their suffering.
Miracle Mile, a Play by Clark Middleton
Miracle Mile is Clark Middleton’s powerful, humorous monologue about disability, resilience, and pursuing acting despite lifelong rheumatoid arthritis.
An Awkward Business by Anton Chekhov
A country doctor grapples with guilt and class privilege after striking his drunken assistant in this tale of conscience and authority.
In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke
A vivid exploration of despair and transcendence, Roethke’s poem reveals the raw edges of consciousness, nature, and spiritual awakening.
Interview with Andre Mangham
Andrew Mangham explores how Victorian literature, medicine, and political economy intersected to shape powerful narratives about hunger and poverty.
The Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy by Andrew Mangham
A compelling study of how Victorian writers used medical science to expose and challenge political economy’s misconceptions about starvation.
A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
A powerful feminist story exposing gender bias, professional conflict, and justice through the lens of domestic abuse and women's silent solidarity.
The Grasshopper by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov's tragic tale of love, betrayal, and regret, where a devoted doctor's sacrifice exposes life's cruel ironies.
A Doctor’s Visit by Anton Chekhov
A young doctor’s visit to a factory owner's daughter reveals the emotional roots of illness through empathy, confinement, and human connection.
Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov
A powerful story of disillusionment, *Ward No. 6* explores suffering, detachment, and the psychological toll of a life without meaning.
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