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The problem of the punctured heart

During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.

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Pain and the power of touch

As a new physiotherapist, Fiona Murphy quickly learned that her patients’ pain was unpredictable and very personal. But using the right words became the key to helping them.

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When depression is worse than physical illness

Chronic physical illnesses can be accompanied by troubling depressive symptoms. Elly Aylwin-Foster urges doctors to treat every aspect of her condition with the same care.

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Book design, dissected

Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.

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  • A tea plantation in China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers make tea chests. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.
  • Two young men with bare chests with an American flag wrapped around them, one holds a condom; advertisement for safe sex by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Warwick May.
  • A tea plantation in China: tea is shown being weighed, while workers tread down congou tea into chests and a man in Western dress converses with a senior plantation worker. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
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Inside the Medicine Chests

Medicine Man gallery
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Part of Beyond Medicine Man

  • British Sign Language
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