The Electric Typewriter
Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.by Atul Gawande
The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?
by Atul Gawande
Human birth is an astonishing natural phenomenon. Carol Burnett once told Bill Cosby how he could understand what the experience was like. “Take your bottom lip,” she said, “pull it as far away from your face as you can, and now pull it over your head.
by Atul Gawande
It was right after a shingles episode. The blisters and the pain responded, as they usually did, to acyclovir, an antiviral medication. But this time the area of the scalp that was involved became numb, and the pain was replaced by a constant, relentless itch. She felt it mainly on the right side of her head. It crawled along her scalp, and no matter how much she scratched it would not go away.
by Atul Gawande
Experts say they can gauge a person’s age to within five years from the examination of a single tooth - if they have any left to examine.
