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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Healing hard-working hands
The names we use to describe different hand injuries tell us about history, gender and class. Occupational therapist María Cristina Jiménez explores those injuries, and the changing ways we talk about them.
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
Catalogue
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Anatomical and physiological observations. Pt. I / by John Struthers.
Struthers, John, 1823-1899.Date: 1854- Pictures
Skeletons and vertebrae: thirteen figures, including standing skeletons seen from front and back, a kneeling skeleton with arms tied behind its back, and various studies of vertebrae. Line engraving by C. Warren, 1789.
Date: Jan 9th 1789Reference: 561684i
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Die Projektion der radialen und ulnaren Gefühlsfelder auf die postzentralen und parietalen Grosshirnwindungen / von L.J.J. Muskens.
Muskens, Louis Jacob Josef, 1872-1937.Date: 1912
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A male écorché figure holding the skin of his legs in his right hand and the skin of his arms in his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
Bonasone, Giulio, approximately 1498-approximately 1580.Date: [between 1550 and 1559]Reference: 98i
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An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a skull in his lowered right hand. His left arm is raised with his hand held in a gesture of eloquence. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
Bonasone, Giulio, approximately 1498-approximately 1580.Date: [between 1550 and 1559]Reference: 26249i