
Title
Hemingway and The Journal of the American Medical Association: Gangrene, Shock, and Suicide in "Indian Camp"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Draws on Hemingway’s 1919 medical readings and war experiences to explore the severity of the story’s two medical emergencies, the Ojibwe wife’s surgery and the husband’s ax wound. Concludes that both would have died from their conditions, suggesting the husband’s suicide is the result of his fear of an unknown, painfilled future.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
35
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2015
Pages
35-52
Citation
Pottle, Russ. “Hemingway and The Journal of the American Medical Association: Gangrene, Shock, and Suicide in ‘Indian Camp.’” Hemingway Review 35, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 35-52.