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Pain and the power of touch

As a new physiotherapist, Fiona Murphy quickly learned that her patients’ pain was unpredictable and very personal. But using the right words became the key to helping them.

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The blood notebooks

Novelist Rupert Thomson explores his unusual behaviour during a time of self-imposed isolation.

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How I cured my fear of vomiting

Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.

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The side effects of lithium mining

Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.

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  • Initial dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus. Copperplate engraving by F.S. Ravenet after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Front view of the pregnant uterus and pelvic area, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen womb. Copperplate engraving by R. Strange after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus and the viscera, side view. Copperplate engraving by G. Scotin after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus, the diaphragm and the intestines, side view. Copperplate engraving by T. Major after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • SEM of organ of Corti, guinea pig cochlea
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