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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
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My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic
A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.
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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.
Catalogue
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The games cooks play : non-sense recipes and practical jokes in medieval literature / Melitta Weiss Adamson.
Adamson, Melitta WeissDate: 1995- Pictures
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A parson being put into bed with an ass dressed in a frilled nightgown, as a practical joke. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 1 February [1814]Reference: 38424i- Pictures
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A boy appearing to two girls as a ghost. Stipple engraving after R. Westall.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.Reference: 11546i- Pictures
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Two university teachers walking in a crypt are tripped up and assaulted by students. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: Jany. 28 1811Reference: 35674i- Books
Joco-seriorum naturae et artis, sive magiae naturalis centuriae tres / [Anon.] Accessit diattibe [sic] de prodigiosis crucibus [by A. Kircher].
Schott, Gaspar, 1608-1666.Date: [1666]