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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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When self-deception becomes global hoax

Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.

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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain

After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.

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Maladaptive daydreaming, gender myths and me

Can you daydream too much? Excessive daydreamer Laura Grace Simpkins reflects on studies into “maladaptive daydreaming” and asks why so few fellow dreamers seem to be men.

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  • Clinical pathology in practice : with a short account of vaccine-therapy / by Thomas J. Horder.
  • Clinical pathology of the blood : a treatise on the general principles and special applications of hematology / by James Ewing.
  • Clinical and pathological observations in India / by J. Fayrer.
  • Leprosy in its clinical & pathological aspects / by G. Armauer Hansen and Carl Looft ; translated by Norman Walker.
  • Leprosy in its clinical & pathological aspects / by G. Armauer Hansen and Carl Looft ; translated by Norman Walker.
  • Leprosy in its clinical & pathological aspects / by G. Armauer Hansen and Carl Looft ; translated by Norman Walker.
  • Atlas of pathological anatomy : illustrative of a clinical treatise on diseases of the liver / by Fried. Theod. Frerichs ; translated and edited by Charles Murchison.
  • Physiologie pathologique ou recherches cliniques, expérimentales et microsopiques sur l'inflammation, la tuberculisation, les tumeurs, la formation du cal, etc / par H. Herbert, accompagné d'un atlas de vingt-deux planches gravées.
  • Physiologie pathologique ou recherches cliniques, expérimentales et microsopiques sur l'inflammation, la tuberculisation, les tumeurs, la formation du cal, etc / par H. Herbert, accompagné d'un atlas de vingt-deux planches gravées.
  • Physiologie pathologique ou recherches cliniques, expérimentales et microsopiques sur l'inflammation, la tuberculisation, les tumeurs, la formation du cal, etc / par H. Herbert, accompagné d'un atlas de vingt-deux planches gravées.
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