The Russian writer and physician Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) draws on his clinical experience in many of his stories. One of his later masterpieces entitled A Case History (1898) depicts a physician's visit to a small industrial community where a wealthy young woman is suffering from diffuse symptoms. The physician, Dr Koryolov, meets the patient and makes a diagnosis. While staying on the estate...

Lisette Okkels Jensen, MD, DMSci, PhD; Per Thayssen, MD, DMSci; Henrik Steen Hansen, MD, DMSci; Evald Høj Christiansen, MD, PhD; Hans Henrik Tilsted, MD; Lars Romer Krusell, MD; Anton Boel Villadsen, MD; Anders Junker, MD, PhD; Knud Nørregaard Hansen, MD; Anne Kaltoft, MD, PhD; Michael Maeng, MD, PhD; Knud Erik Pedersen, MD, DMSci; Steen Dalby Kristensen, MD, DMSci; Hans Erik Bøtker, MD, DMSci,...

The truths of which the masses now approve are the very truths that the fighters at the outposts held to in the days of our grandfathers. We fighters at the outposts nowadays no longer approve of them; and I do not believe there is any other well-ascertained truth except this, that no community can live a healthy life if it is nourished only on such old marrowless truths. —Henrik Ibsen, An Enem...

Gender and sexuality are two important forces that shape every aspect of life. determines the differences in power control which men women have over socio economic determinants their health, lives status community. Henrik Ibsen who was famously known as “Father Realism” Modern Drama” transparently portrayed emancipation individual, especially his play A Doll’s House. This paper aims to cast lig...

The present research paper in an attempt to highlight Anton Chekhov"s talent of voicing human emotions and feelings through the characters his short stories. Chekhov was one greatest mastermind genre story writing who has been very practically described realistic visible picture life major theme stories is misery misfortunes faced by common people society. mainly deals with domestic their relat...

Data Resource Profile: The Danish National Prescription Registry Anton Pottegård,* Sigrun Alba Johannesdottir Schmidt, Helle Wallach-Kildemoes, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Jesper Hallas and Morten Schmidt Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Social and Clinical Pharmacy, U...

Based on the comparative approach, narrative medicine and pathology diagnostics, article examines personal psychological deviations of characters in Anton Chekhov. The reveals main stages diagnosis interpretation hypochondria, melancholy, timidity from antiquity, where pathological features personality types temperament were associated with balance elements basic fluids human body, to Enlighten...