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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages

Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.

  • Interview

Refugee health on a pound a day

Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.

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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain

After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.

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  • Christ talks to a kneeling woman in a wood. Etching.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after T. Viti.
  • The Virgin Mary is borne upwards to a heaven crowded with angels. Engraving by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after himself after L. Sabbatini.
  • The Virgin Mary is borne upwards to a heaven crowded with angels. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Sabbatini.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton after P. da Cortona.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving.
  • The Virgin in Heaven. Engraving.
  • The apostles watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Etching by S. Pacini after A.D. Gabbiani.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after J. Boydell after E.B. Murillo.
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