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The epilepsy diagnosis

Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.

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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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Diagnosing the past

Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.

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The poetic language of health

When his doctors could only offer phone consultations, James Morland turned to poetry to make sense of the medical terms describing his symptoms and test results.

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  • Mrs John Webb, being nursed when sick in bed with "a dead palsey, and ... convulsion in the nerves", before being cured by Sir William Read. Engraving by M. Burghers, ca. 1700.
  • C14 Chinese medication chart: Convulsions etc.
  • Paediatric acu-moxa: infantile convulsions, Chinese woodcut
  • Qing Chinese paediatric diagnosis chart for convulsions
  • Acu-moxa chart: Infantile convulsions, Chinese MS, c. 1911
  • A naked woman sitting in a chair having convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A woman on the ground with artificially induced convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A woman on the ground with artificially induced convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A woman on the ground with artificially induced convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A mesmerist using animal magnetism on a woman who responds with convulsions. Wood engraving, 1845.
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