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Not one yoga, but many yogas

From ancient tradition to modern gym class, yoga means many things to many people.

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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones

Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.

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Restoring disorder to ‘The Book of Disquiet’

Printer Tim Hopkins explains what making an extraordinary new edition of Fernando Pessoa’s book revealed about both the text and the mind.

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Believe yourself better

There’s more to recovery than medication. In future, our unconscious minds could be recruited to put a positive spin on our health problems, helping us feel better faster.

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  • A Medicine Man, Fika from Customs of the World
  • Medicine man showing the hole made in his tongue
  • Photograph of a Medicine man, Atna-Indianer
  • Ceremonial rattle representing the 'thunder-bird'. Haida, Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia.
  • Effigy of a shaman, Haida, Queen charlotte Island.
  • Medicine Man wearing a necklet of horns and fur headress
  • Kafir witches's dance, Africa
  • Bangongo or Magician, who discovers by divination suitable methods of treatment, Congo.
  • Yemba Witch Doctress, South Africa
  • Swazie witch-doctor, smelling out a sorcerer
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