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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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The healing power of breathing

The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.

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  • An apothecary. Oil painting ascribed to Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • An Ayurvedic medical practitioner taking the pulse. Watercolour, ca. 1825.
  • Multi-coloured question-marks with a black silhouette figure jumping off a diving board at the top and appearing to land in a safety ring at the bottom; an advertisement for the Fifth Information campaign on AIDS education with a list of 10 Good standards for health professionals that perform HIV testing; advertisement by the Ministere della Sanità Commisione nazionale per la lotta contro l'AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Medical Association for Prevention of War : "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred in my heart." 1915 / Medical Association for the Prevention of War.
  • Medical Association for Prevention of War : "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred in my heart." 1915 / Medical Association for the Prevention of War.
  • A doctor and some women attend to and prepare bandages for a wounded military man lying in comfortable surroundings. Coloured pen and pencil drawing by A. Lynch.
  • That you'll remember me : from one of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
  • That you'll remember me : from one of the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
  • Practical observations on the diseases of the Army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / By William Lempriere.
  • The R. A. M. C. / [Redmond McLoughlin].
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