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The solidarity of sickness

Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.

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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones

Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.

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The eye of darshan

The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.

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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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  • Mortality of the British army at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England.
  • Mortality of the British army at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England.
  • Mortality of the British army at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England.
  • Mortality of the British army at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England.
  • A contribution to the sanitary history of the British army during the late war with Russia.
  • A contribution to the sanitary history of the British army during the late war with Russia.
  • A contribution to the sanitary history of the British army during the late war with Russia.
  • Moascar, Egypt: the conservancy area of the British Army yeomanry camp. Photograph by J.D. Graham, ca. 1916.
  • Items of uniform of British army medical staff with the jackets, tunic sleeves and collars of different ranking officers. Lithograph, c. 1880.
  • Bakery at the Indian army base in Makina, Basra, Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia): British soldiers watch the preparation of the dough by Sikh (?) bakers. Photograph, 1914/1918 (?).
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