Stories
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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 ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
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Hysteria
Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0010149 - C0012901
Date: c.2000-c.2002Reference: WT/B/11/1/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: J
Date: 1638 - 1906Reference: MS.8934- Books
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Craniectomy for microcephalus : the later history of a case of excision of the hand-centre for epilepsy : a clinical lecture delivered at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital, November 19, 1890 / by W.W. Keen.
Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.Date: 1890- Archives and manuscripts
Anthony Wilson Peck (1933-)
Date: 19 Apr 2001Reference: WF/M/AV/O/03/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
The brain: a secret history. Part 3, Broken brains.
Date: 2010