Stories
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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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Crime drama and the realistic cadaver
Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.
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When wounds replace words
For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.
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Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
Catalogue
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When shall we operate on simple fractures of long bones? / by James P. Warbasse.
Warbasse, James Peter, 1866-1957.Date: 1912- Books
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Separation of the epiphysis of the lower extremity of the humerus : with the report of a case in which the epiphysis was displaced forward / by Russell S. Fowler.
Fowler, Russell S. (Russell Story), 1874-1959.Date: 1899- Film
Open injuries to the hand. Part 1, Basic problems.
Date: 1956- Videos
Open injuries to the hand. Part 1, Basic problems.
Date: 1956- Videos
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Open injuries to the hand. Part 1, Basic problems.
Date: 1956