Insights
Notes on Pandemics and Vaccination
By Ira Spar, MD The American pandemic of Yellow Fever lasted 250 years, and neither its cause by virus nor transmission by mosquitoes was known. High fevers, severe jaundice, and…
Read MoreIndependent Thinking on Independence Day
The evolution of clinical medicine that was true to empirical observations but was not mere empiricism, and simultaneously scientific, i.e., based on reproducible, objective measurements, both qualitative and quantitative, of…
Read MoreHMS Newsletter Summer 2021 Edition
A message from the HMS President, Dr. Bernard Kosto. Medicine has a long list of incredible inventions and life-changing discoveries brought about by accident. Serendipity cannot be left out of the mix when it comes to innovation in medicine.
Read MoreGaudeamus igitur
It is that time of year again! Students, trainees, fellows – everyone at the end of her educational period of learning – is now preparing to “graduate,” a verb and…
Read MoreThe Doctors Crary, Their Fund, & The Harford Medical Society
By David Crombie, M.D. For the past century, the Hartford Medical Society (HMS) has been one of seven beneficiaries of The Crary Fund, which was created in 1920, a year…
Read MoreTake a Walk through Hartford with Horace Wells, Founder of Anesthesia
Take a trip to the 19th century with famous Connecticut native and discoverer of anesthesia, Horace Wells, in a self-guided walking tour through Hartford. By visiting various landmarks in the…
Read MoreRx: A Botanical Mother’s Day Bouquet
by Richard Ratzan, M.D. Today marks my first blog on the HMS Library site. Like those of Jenny Miglus, Librarian of the HMS library, mine will be based on the…
Read MoreThe Demise of Private Practice (As We Knew It)
by Al Herzog, MD Joe, a retired professional hockey player in his mid-50s, came to my office with his wife last week for his first appointment. He told a story…
Read MoreSupporting the Next Generation: The HMS Scholarship
Ryan Sullivan, from Manchester, Connecticut matriculated in the UConn School of Medicine in August 2019. Ryan earned his bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology in 2015 from UConn. After graduating, Ryan…
Read MoreMentor Spotlight: James C. Rouman, MD., the Consummate Mentor in Medicine
By Richard Lilly, retired anesthesiologist James C. Rouman, MD, was my mentor from early in my internship at Hartford Hospital and throughout my career at Hartford Hospital and University of…
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