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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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Chinese woodcut: Form and position of the kidney
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Chinese woodcut: Form and position of the heart
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Chinese woodcut: Form and position of the liver
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Site selection for new hazardous waste management facilities / William M. Sloan.
Sloan, William M.Date: [1993], ©1993
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Phrenology, or, The doctrine of the mental phenomena : explained, illustrated, and defended in a series of lectures / by J.M. Graves ; to which a cut and chart are annexed, containing a classification of all the phrenological organs, with their location, aim, and perversion, together with a brief historical notice of the science of phrenology, as given by approved authors ; to which is appended a supplement on the natural language of the organs, by C.C. Williams.
Graves, Josiah M.Date: 1838