Stories
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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Chemotherapy-day drawings
Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.
Catalogue
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Psychopathology and education of the brain-injured child / by Alfred A. Strauss and Laura E. Lehtinen.
Strauss, Alfred A., 1883-Date: 1947-1955- Books
Psychopathology of children with organic brain disorders / by Lauretta Bender.
Bender, Lauretta, 1897-1987.Date: 1956- Books
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A report on the cerebral affections of infancy : with a few comments and practical remarks.
Copeman, Edward, 1809-1880.Date: 1873- Books
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Die Krankheiten des Gehirn's und Rückenmark's bei Kindern : durch Kranksheitsfälle aus dem ersten Kinder-Spitale erläutert / von Ludwig Wilhelm Mauthner.
Mauthner, Ludwig Wilhelm, Ritter von Mauthstein, 1806-1858.Date: 1844- Books
Ureteral reflux in children : a workshop sponsored by the Committee on the Genitourinary System, Division of Medical Science, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 11-12, November, 1966 / edited by James F. Glenn.
Date: 1967