Summer 2004
ARTICLES Was Joan of Arc criminally responsible for her alleged acts of heresy? Joan of Arc appeared on the public stage in March of 1429, claiming to have been sent by God to champion the French dauphin's cause against the English and their Burgundian allies. She was eventually captured, tried, and convicted of heresy by Burgundian clerics in 1431. Since then, historians, medical experts, and clergy have debated her psychological health. In 2002, the University of Maryland Schools of Medicine and Law convened a second phase of Joan's trial to determine if she would be deemed criminally responsible for her actions under current Maryland law. A leading scholar of Joan or Arc and on medieval heresy, two prominent forensic psychiatrists, and two distinguished trial lawyers experienced in such cases participated. The results of the trial speak not only of Joan's capacity to appreciate the criminality of her alleged crimes, but also the broader issue of the legal definition of insanity and how it is applied today in American courts of law.
Parietal lobe strokes
Once upon a time, there was a little black bag The medical bag has been a well-recognized symbol of the medical profession for 150-200 years. This article looks at the bag-the little black bag-through passages cited from the works of both medical and popular writers. Included are references to the mystique of the bag, childhood memories of the bag, the significance of the bag to patients, the feelings that doctors have for their bags, and the role of the bag in the ever-changing practice of medicine, with particular reference to its use on house calls.
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Taking care and letting go My physician father would often ask me, "Are you helping people? Because that is all that matters." He was a healer and a teacher and I wanted to follow his path. Though our ares of interest are diverse and our approaches to medical issues different, respect and admiration grew between us. His recent illness and death taught me about grieving and healing. His loss is readl and he has become a part of me.
Don't let medicine lose its soul!
Strangers, spirit, and fructose-2,6-bisphosphate
The secret society
Sister Mary Joseph and Mr. Hardegin's cross to bear A narrative about Sister Mary Joseph: her life, environment, and eponymous physical finding.
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