Preamble The God in the Machine By Lewis H. Lapham Americans ask of medicine more than medicine can deliver—not only the cure for death, but also the gift of riches. More
Essay In the Midst of Death By John Crowley If the universe can’t outlive or transcend individual consciousness, does death even really exist? More
Voices In Time 1862 | Washington, DC Louisa May Alcott Clears for Action On tending to the war-wounded.More
The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible. —Herophilus, c. 290 BC
