The Candy Land Game and Its Link to Polio

by | Jan 29, 2025 | Medicine

We all remember playing Candy Land, following the brightly colored path through the peppermint stick forest and gumdrop mountains, past the lollipop woods to get to Home Sweet Home. However, few people realize that this game would never have been invented if not for...

Tennessee Williams and How Illness Affected What He Wrote

by | Jan 10, 2025 | Medicine

The Glass Menagerie launched Tennessee Williams’ Broadway career. You may remember the character Laura, the abnormally shy, dreamy sister of Tom, the protagonist. She spent her time escaping from life, drawn into a world of glass figurines. It’s a largely...