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.
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On railroad injuries of the extremities of the human body : with observations on the site of amputation and subsequent treatment of the stump / by Theodore R. Varick.
Varick, Theodore R. (Theodore Romeyn), 1825-1887.Date: [1884]- Books
On the value of parallelism of the lower extremities in the treatment of diseases and injuries of the hip-joint / by Thomas Bryant, Physician to Guy's Hospital.
Bryant, TommyDate: 1881- Books
A treatise on gun-shot wounds, on injuries of nerves, and on wounds of the extremities requiring the different operations of amputation : in which the various methods of performing these operations are shown, together with their after-treatment ; and containing an account of the author's successful case of amputation at the hip-joint ... / by G.J. Guthrie.
Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856.Date: 1820- Books
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A treatise on gun-shot wounds, on inflammation, erysipelas, and mortification, on injuries of nerves, and on wounds of the extremities requiring the different operations of amputation ... / [G.J. Guthrie].
Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856Date: 1827- Books
A treatise on gun-shot wounds, on inflammation, erysipelas, and mortification, on injuries of nerves, and on wounds of the extremities requiring the different operations of amputations : in which the various methods of performing these operations are shown, together with their after-treatment ; and containing an account of the author's successful case of amputation at the hip-joint ... / by G.J. Guthrie.
Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856.Date: 1827