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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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Succumbing to stimming in dance
As a child, Susanna Dye felt ashamed of their need to stim, but has found a way to incorporate these repetitive movements into their creative practice as a dancer and facilitator.
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The sum of my parts
Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.
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Finding the words to talk about emptiness
Shored up by a diagnosis and medication, Cassie Doney tried to find out more about the profound feeling of emptiness they were experiencing. But research is thin on the ground.
Catalogue
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Trachoma : a blinding scourge from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century / Hugh R. Taylor.
Taylor, Hugh R.Date: 2008- Books
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Hints on the diagnosis of eye diseases / by Robert Brudenell Carter.
Carter, Robert Brudenell, 1828-1918.Date: 1865- Books
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An additional test for the diagnosis and correction of the optical defects of the eye / by William Thomson.
Thomson, William, 1833-1907.Date: 1870- Books
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Entoptics, with its uses in physiology and medicine / by James Jago.
Jago James, 1815-1893.Date: 1864- Digital Images
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Chinese woodcut: Eye diagnosis -- the Eight Regions (ba kuo)