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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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How injury changed my brain

Meg Fozzard, who experienced a brain injury in her 20s, writes about the huge impact it's had on her life, and talks to others with similar injuries.

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“Above resistant pavements, I floated”

In this extract from ‘Living with Buildings and Walking with Ghosts’, walk with Iain Sinclair through the streets of London.

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Printing the body

The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.

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  • John Bell's grave
  • John Bell's Laboratory
  • John Bell's Laboratory
  • Portrait of John Henry Bell
  • John Bell in Oxford Street
  • Observations on Italy / By the late John Bell ... [Edited by R.A. Bell].
  • John Arbuthnot. Line engraving by A. Bell.
  • John Wasdale. Coloured mezzotint by E. Bell, 1797, after S. Williams.
  • Laboratory at the rear of John Bell's shop in Oxford Street
  • Engravings, explaining the anatomy of the bones, muscles and joints / [John Bell].
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