Stories
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
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The conditional child
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
- Long read
Love, grief and assisted dying
In this deeply affecting story, Michelle Elliot explores the events and emotions around the time of her mother’s medically assisted death in Canada, where the practice is legal.
Catalogue
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Pulse diagnosis techniques: Fuzhen and yangzhen
Zhang Shixian (Ming period, 1368-1644)- Digital Images
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Pulse diagnosis: Conditions associated with left wrist pulses
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Pulse diagnosis:Conditions associated with right wrist pulses
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Pulse diagnosis chart: Sectors and illnesses, right wrist
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Pulse diagnosis chart: Sectors and illnesses, left wrist