One of the greatest benefits of my study of the medical humanities has been the opportunity to take a sustained look at the life and work of Montaigne. Without question, Montaigne is the patron saint of this blog. Both his writings and the man himself are paragons of (medical) humanism, and he remains an inspiration for me both professionally and personally. In the best spirit of the humanists, I have and continue to be deeply and personally affected by Montaigne's work, and I have the strong feeling that he will remain my own Virgil in my practices and my lived experiences, both as a medical humanist and as a human being. (And much of his work will also play a prominent role in my dissertation on pain as well).
