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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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The art of scientific glassblowing

Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.

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The healing power of breathing

The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.

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The shifting shape of language

Author Jessica Andrews explores how her brother’s deafness has influenced her relationship with words and the world.

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  • Historical account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London) : original plan and statutes, rise and progress; founded 1818; with which is included some account of the origin of the other hospitals and schools in London / [William Hunter].
  • Medical students of an Australian college (Melbourne Medical School?): class portrait. Photograph, 1909.
  • Louis Cobbett, Henry Roy Dean, Howard Walter Florey and Harry Norman Green. Copy photograph, ca. 1960, after the original photograph, ca. 1935.
  • Teaching Hospital School, Salerno, Italy: part of the Crypt of St. Maria. Pen and ink drawing by [J.N.T.].
  • Queen's Royal Volunteer Battalion.
  • Rita Levi-Montalcini.
  • Dr Forrest Loveland's journal
  • Thomas Turner of Manchester. Oil painting attributed to W. Bonnar.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
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