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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test

The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.

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Succumbing to stimming in dance

As a child, Susanna Dye felt ashamed of their need to stim, but has found a way to incorporate these repetitive movements into their creative practice as a dancer and facilitator.

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The sum of my parts

Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.

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Finding the words to talk about emptiness

Shored up by a diagnosis and medication, Cassie Doney tried to find out more about the profound feeling of emptiness they were experiencing. But research is thin on the ground.

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  • Chinese woodcut: Eye diagnosis -- the five spheres (wu lun)
  • Chinese woodcut: Eye diagnosis -- the Eight Regions (ba kuo)
  • C19 Chinese eye diagnosis chart showing Yin and Yang division
  • C19 Chinese eye diagnosis chart showing Yin and Yang division
  • C19 Chinese eye diagnosis chart showing Yin and Yang division
  • The diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the eye / by Henry W. Williams.
  • OCT montage showing cross-section of a human eye.
  • Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut
  • Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Eye Lock' pox
  • Chinese/Japanese Pulse Image chart: Yin Heel Vessel
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