Stories
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Mumps
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Gangrene
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Erysipelas
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula