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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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Cracks that let the light in

Rai Waddingham lives with voices other people cannot hear. Here she describes how she has come to accept, understand and calm her voices, and to acknowledge her strength.

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The pain that punished feminists

In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.

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The fine line between collecting and hoarding

Being ‘a collector’ is often celebrated but being labelled ‘a hoarder’ can be humiliating, at best. Georgie Evans asks what makes one set of objects a collection and another a hoard.

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  • Thomas Dromgoole speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin; represented as Doctor Drum "letting the cat out of the bag". Coloured etching, 1813.
  • An American physician of the late nineteenth century, with his doctor's bag and horse and buggy; advertising the medicine "Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery". Colour lithograph by E.C. Pease, 1910.
  • A pink background bearing the white lettering: "Sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Artzt über AIDS-Verhütung". [Talk to your doctor about AIDS prevention]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • An orange background bearing the white message "Your doctor has a duty of confidentiality. And you have freedom of speech on AIDS, sexuality and drug problems"; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG in association with the Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
  • A blue background bearing the white lettering: "Fragen Sie ihren Arzt, was am "AIDS-Test" positiv und negativ ist" [Ask your doctor what the "AIDS test" positive and negative is]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • A green background bearing the white lettering: "AIDS ist für Ihre Ärztin kein Tabu. Sprechen Sie mit ihr darüber."[AIDS is not a taboo subject for your doctor. Talk to her about it]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [BAG]. Colour lithograph.
  • A blue background bearing the white lettering: "AIDS und Kind: Ein Thema für Arzt und Eltern" [AIDS and children: An issue for doctors and parents]; an advertisement by the FMH / BAG, Swiss Physicians and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Engravings: advertisment for anaesthetist's bags.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.
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