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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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The first seizure

Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.

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  • A. Donne & L. Foucault, Cours de Microscopie
  • A. Donne & L. Foucault, Cours de Microscopie
  • Georges de La Faye. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after L. L. Périn.
  • Charles-François Brisseau Mirbel. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after L. de Mirbel.
  • Franz Joseph Gall. Stipple engraving by A. A. Bourgeois de la Richardière, 1808, after L. Boilly.
  • A.L. Lavoisier, Traite elementaire de chimie
  • A.L. Lavoisier, Traite elementaire de chimie
  • Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Line engraving by L. Vorsterman, 1646, after A. van Dyck.
  • A mole; trees in the background. Engraving by L. Legrand after J. de Seve.
  • County of Cornwall : exercise "Thun" : emergency bulletin. No. 2 / E.H.W. Bolitho, A. de L. Cazenove.
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