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Core texts in medical humanities

WEBSiddhartha Mukherjee: The Laws of Medicine (TED Books) Law 1: Rumours are more important than tests. Law 2: The piece of data that does not fit your model is the most …

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Words as a surgeon’s tool – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBDefeated by events that are beyond a surgeon’s control, Paul, a highly acclaimed neurosurgeon and researcher, admits to us that words can sometimes be the …

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Resources – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBAeon is a digital magazine with a Health channel (and science, technology, psychology) channels. The NYU School of Medicine Litmed database is large and very impressive, …

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Bladder stones, a 17th century musical – Scottish Medical …

WEBThe approach was trans-perineal. Samuel Pepys had a bladder stone removed this way when he was 25 in 1658, repeatedly mentioned in his diaries, …

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The Fountain of Youth – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBLucas Cranach the Elder, 1546. Commentary. The Fountain of Youth has the magical property of restoring the health and looks of those who bathe in it.

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Nise: The Heart of Madness – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBNise da Silveira was born in Brazil in 1905. She was a lot of things – the only female student of her graduating class in medical school, a student of Carl Jung and a pioneer of …

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On (partial) blindness – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBNuala Watt is a poet from Glasgow with a PhD on the poetics of partial sight. She is a member of the Scottish Poetry Library Board. This is her 21st century response …

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Scottish Medical Humanities – Humanities resources to support

WEBScottish Humanities symposium June 2023. 30th March 2023 Neil Turner. Wednesday June 14 2023 in Aberdeen. Welcome back to in-person meetings! Though …

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Wit – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBCommentary. Where do literature and medicine intersect? Mike Nichols 2001 movie Wit, based on the prizewinning play by Margaret Edson, tests that, as a literature …

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More ideas – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBThe greatest achievements are those that benefit others. Denis Waitley. Meta. Log in; Entries feed; Comments feed; WordPress.org

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The last 1000 days – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBThe poem The last 1000 days is written in a language that speaks to both patients and healthcare professionals, in different ways. Written from the perspective of …

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Speechless – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBMy next shock was a surgical one. On a certain Sunday morning a carriage-and-pair drew up in front of the dining-room window, to my great alarm.

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Seven men in black – a mastectomy in 1811

WEBDubois placed me upon the Mattress, & spread a cambric handkerchief upon my face. It was transparent, however, & I saw, through it, that the Bed stead was instantly …

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The secret in the throat – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBThe secret in the throat. The use of force. William Carlos Williams. The child was fairly eating me up with her cold, steady eyes and no expression to her face …

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Whistleblowing – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBIbsen on whistleblowing in 1882. In this extract Dr Stockmann finds that his discovery of the health risk arising from local industry is most unwelcome.

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The Steel Windpipe – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBThe Steel Windpipe. 21st June 2017 Neil Turner Leave a comment. 0. A dying child in rural Russia in 1916, by Mikhail Bulghakov. At eleven o’clock that night a little girl was …

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The eye chart – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBI scowl towards his voice. He says the map marks how far vision goes. If I could creep. up close I’d learn the journey. His technique restricts me to a chair so he …

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The heart attack – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBVerbal transcription 6am. The wife: About an hour ago. He woke up and it was as if a knife was sticking in his side. I tried the old reliable, I gave him a good drink of whisky but this …

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What did I gain in my training

WEBWhat did I gain in my training? 4th October 2017 Lekaa Leave a comment. 0. First, I had mastered the practical basis of my profession, the art and craft of Medicine, …

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Events – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBScottish Medical Humanities Conference 2023 14 June 2023. Aberdeen, all day. Full details.. NES Bereavement Symposium 24 November 2022. Online. We …

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Dance pseudomacabre – Scottish Medical Humanities

WEBThere is more about Williams and the background to the Doctor Stories beneath The Heart Attack. Dance macabre (Wikipedia), meaning Dance of Death, is an artistic genre on the …

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