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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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Healing hard-working hands

The names we use to describe different hand injuries tell us about history, gender and class. Occupational therapist María Cristina Jiménez explores those injuries, and the changing ways we talk about them.

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Duelling doctors

An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.

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How trauma affects the body and mind

The long and devastating aftermath of an attack have given writer and broadcaster Bidisha unique insight into the suffering of other victims. Here she explores survival and healing in those who have experienced trauma.

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  • Fractures / by Meurice Sinclair.
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures.
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Surgical implements for the treatment of fractures. Engraving by Campbell.
  • A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations / by Lewis A. Stimson.
  • On the treatment of wounds and fractures : clinical lectures / by Sampson Gamgee.
  • On the treatment of wounds and fractures : clinical lectures / by Sampson Gamgee.
  • Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.
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