What if Shakespeare had access to LITFL? Or vice versa?
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 085
April 20, 2012 by 6 Comments
Michelle Johnston tosses away the papyrus and pulls out the parchment in this week’s Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five on the subject of Shakespeare and Medicine.
St. Crispin’s Day in ED
February 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Ever started a night shift in the emergency department and felt like you were a hapless conscript at Agincourt on St. Crispin’s day, about to be run down by an army of charging knights? Have you seen fear and powerlessness in the eyes of your colleagues, overwhelmed by the carnage around them and the disarray that surrounds them? If only you had the words to invigorate the team and urge them to battle on…
Out, Out
January 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Robert Frost’s poem, “Out, Out -”, evokes the senseless madness that we see daily in the ED and in the ICU.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
May 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Nick Bottom: “I’ll speak in a monstrous little voice.” – from Act 1, Scene ii of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (~1596). One day, as a trainee doctor working in rural Zambia, I walked through the gates of the hospital to be greeted by what seemed to be the “eeyore-ing” of a demonic [...]
