Stories
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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury
Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.
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Cracks that let the light in
Rai Waddingham lives with voices other people cannot hear. Here she describes how she has come to accept, understand and calm her voices, and to acknowledge her strength.
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The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
Catalogue
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Brain doctors. Part 2, The Decision.
Date: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
Macbeth - Magnes
Date: 1943-1985Reference: PP/MLV/C/13/1Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Books
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Entwicklungsgeschichte des Gehirns : nach Untersuchungen an höheren Wirbelthieren und dem Menschen / dargestellt von Victor v. Mihalkovics.
Mihalkovics Victor von.Date: 1877- Books
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The complete fissures of the human cerebrum, and their significance in connection with the growth of the hemisphere and the appearance of the occipital lobe / by D.J. Cunningham.
Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909.Date: [1890?]- Books
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Tumor of the superior parietal convolution, accurately localized and removed by operation / by Charles K. Mills and W.W. Keen ; with a pathological report on the nature of the growth, by W.G. Spiller.
Mills, Charles K. (Charles Karsner), 1845-1931.Date: [1900]