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The meaning of trauma is wound

Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.

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When wounds replace words

For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.

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The problem of the punctured heart

During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.

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The mystery of the malignant brain

In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.

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  • Transport of the wounded.
  • Transport of wounded.
  • Transport of the wounded. The Great Battle: wounded British and German brought in.
  • Camel transport of the wounded.
  • World War One: transport of the wounded.
  • Transport of wounded from bombed town. Grey wash. Signed UGO (pseudonym for Matania).
  • World War One: transport of wounded.
  • World War One: transport of wounded.
  • World War I: transport of the wounded. Oil painting by Ugo Matania.
  • A treatise on the transport of sick and wounded troops / by T. Longmore.
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