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Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury

Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.

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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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The current that kills

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a wounded eye, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with scarring around his eye, after plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a wounded nose and eye, in profile, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1915.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a wound to the bridge of his nose and one eye closed, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1915.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man following plastic surgery to wounds to his eye, nose and mouth. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man with wounds to his eye, nose and mouth, before plastic surgery. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man with a wounded and discoloured nose and eye area, before plastic surgery. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man with wounds to his eye, nose and mouth, after incomplete plastic surgery. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man in a cap, following plastic surgery to his nose and eye area. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man following plastic surgery to wounds to his eye, nose and mouth, in profile. Reproduction, ca. 1940 (?), of a photograph, ca. 1916.
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