Stories
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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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Sockets and stumps
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
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How my wheelchair changed my life
A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.
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When wounds replace words
For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.
Catalogue
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1. The operative treatment in paralytic flail joints. 2. A note on the treatment of injuries about the elbow / by Robert Jones.
Jones, Robert, 1857-1933.Date: [1895]- Books
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Description of an apparatus for injuries & diseases of joints, with observations and cases / by Benjamin Barrow.
Barrow, Benjamin.Date: [1847]- Books
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Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1881 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)Date: 1882- Books
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Des plaies des articulations par armes à feu ... : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 21 juillet 1838 / par Renaut (Antoine-Théophile-Alfred).
Renaut, Antoine Théophie Alfred.Date: 1838- Books
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Notes on dislocations of the thumb / by J.E. Kelly.
Kelly, James E.Date: 1883