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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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Surviving a flesh-eating disease

Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.

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Bleeding healthy

For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.

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  • F. Gesellius, Die transfusion des blutes, blood transfusion
  • Therapy: blood transfusion
  • Therapy: blood transfusion
  • Photograph: blood-transfusion apparatus,
  • Blood transfusion, 17th century.
  • Blood transfusion apparatus, Dr Blundell.
  • Blundell's method of blood transfusion
  • J. H. Aveling, `Immediate transfusion in
  • Avelings transfusion apparatus; the Lancet, 1872
  • Waller's transfusion apparatus, 19th century.
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