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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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Dyslexia and its misconceptions

Overcoming common myths about dyslexia only adds to the challenges of growing up with the condition. Madeleine Morley, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged eight, goes into myth-busting mode and shares her personal experiences.

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The meaning of happiness

What is happiness? Tiffany Watt Smith charts how its definition has changed over time, from chance emotion to something that can be measured and controlled.

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  • Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
  • Trinity School, Reading: with a floor plan. Wood engraving by Laing after B. Sly after J. Billing.
  • Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone in central Africa, reading British newspapers. Process print after Pearson after J.B. Zwecker.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse after L.C. De Carmontelle.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse, 1765, after L.C. De Carmontelle.
  • A fortune-teller reading the palm of a young woman accompanied by a young man wearing oriental clothes. Etching by I.-S. Helman, 1785, after J.-B. Le Prince.
  • Unknown boy with injury to skull
  • Boy whose parents were massacred at Garden City, 1865
  • An early cardiograph used by J.B.A. Chauveau. Photograph.
  • A group of people standing around a man having an epileptic fit. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
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