Stories
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The meaning of trauma is wound
Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.
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On body horror and growing up strange
A young child’s unusual feelings, reactions and assertions are routinely dismissed by adults. Find out how manga horror stories became a source of strength, and helped them trust their adult body.
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Happy Joy Smile
Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.
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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
Catalogue
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Head wounds and infection in two wars / by Geoffrey Jefferson.
Jefferson, Geoffrey, 1886-1961.Date: 1947]- Books
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Reasons against the practice of inoculating the small-pox. As also A Brief Account of the Operation of this Poison, infused after this manner into a Wound. By Legard Sparham, surgeon.
Sparham, Legard.Date: M.DCC.XXII. [1722]- Archives and manuscripts
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2 figures: Gunshot wound to both eyes; gunshot wound to head
Date: 1836Reference: RAMC/95/5Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Pictures
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A woman treating a man's head-wound. Oil painting after J. Nixon.
Nixon, John, -1818.Reference: 44985i- Archives and manuscripts
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Sabre wound to head, Hôpital de la Gendarmerie, 5 July
Date: 1836Reference: RAMC/95/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection