Stories
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Maladaptive daydreaming, gender myths and me
Can you daydream too much? Excessive daydreamer Laura Grace Simpkins reflects on studies into “maladaptive daydreaming” and asks why so few fellow dreamers seem to be men.
Catalogue
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Catalogue of the pre-twentieth century holdings in the library of the Reading Pathological Society in the Royal Berkshire Hospital / compiled by D.T. O'Rourke.
Reading Pathological Society.Date: 1999- Books
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A retrospect of fifty years / Reading Pathological Society.
Reading Pathological Society.Date: 1891- Books
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Catalogue of the library of the Reading Pathological Society.
Reading Pathological Society.Date: 1909- Books
The Reading Pathological Society / [Gordon Lambert].
Lambert, Gordon.Date: 1939- Books
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A history of the Reading Pathological Society / by Jamieson B. Hurry.
Hurry, Jamieson B. (Jamieson Boyd), 1857-1930.Date: 1909