Medicine and Medicines in Hemingway’s Arkansas

Biographical exploration of Hemingway’s experience with medicine and the pharmaceutical industry through his father’s occupation, relationship with Pauline Pfeiffer’s family, and the suffering he witnessed in World War I. Cardoni speculates on the specific form and dosage of medications Hemingway features in short stories written during his time in Piggott, Arkansas, including “A Simple Enquiry,” “A Natural History of the Dead,” “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” “A Day’s Wait,” and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.