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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.

  • Interview

Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard

The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.

  • Article

A medieval guide to practical magic

With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.

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This is a MOOD

Adults might sometimes dismiss teenagers’ ‘moodiness’, but adolescence is a time of complex shifts in brain and body, which are intricately bound up with fluctuating feelings.

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  • Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by G.A. Lorenzini after G.B. Caccini.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after G. Bellini.
  • A. Vesalius, Anatomicarum G. Fallopii observ
  • Portrait of G.H.A. Hansen.
  • A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).
  • Florentinus Thaddaeus [Taddeo Alderotti]. Line engraving by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi after G. Traballesi.
  • Maggiore Hospital, Milan, Italy. Coloured aquatint by G. Ruff after A. Sidoli after G. Migliara.
  • Carolus Linnaeus. Stipple engraving by S. G. & J. G. Facius after A. Roslin, 1775.
  • A viaduct from a country lane with people resting and travelling. Lithograph by G. Hawkins after G. Pickering.
  • A female apothecary mixing up a prescription for a child. Etching by G. Greux, 187-, after Q.G. van Brekelenkam.
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