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Julian Sheather: On form in nature
Poking around the bookshop at the Wellcome Trust, as is my occasional habit, I recently came across a small book, not much bigger than my hand, that, in spite of […]
Sally Carter and Birte Twisselmann: Imagining synaesthesia
Mixing of the senses Synaesthesia, this “mixing of the senses,” is a difficult thing to describe. I have read David Eagleman’s editorial and an anonymous patient’s and psychiatrist Steve Logdail’s […]
Richard Smith on a chance to collaborate on a book on complex chronic disease
Would you like to contribute to a book on complex chronic disease? The book has been written for the Spanish government, which currently has the presidency of the European Union […]
Siddhartha Yadav: Buying the “doc” groom
After all the formalities, the potential bride’s father asks, “How much?” The father of the groom-to-be lets out a crooked smile and says “Two million rupees”. The bride’s father is […]
Tony Delamothe: Chekhov and the doctors
Chekhov published his first short story as a 20 year old medical student. Over the next 24 years, he published nearly 600 more, along with a string of plays including […]
Joe Collier: Cancer survival and icy weather
Over the Christmas period the UK had its snowiest, iciest winter in years. It brought with it the obvious medical problems: deaths from hypothermia, breaks and strains and other injuries […]
Douglas Noble on medication safety
A recent review of medication safety revealed a 9% error rate, of which 50% were significant and 2% potentially fatal. Just think of the significance of that for a moment, […]
Emily Spry on thoughts of maintenance in Sierra Leone
“We don’t have thoughts of maintenance here in Sierra Leone. Few people have any idea of that. If you look at the cars driving around, you can see. I wonder […]
David Kerr: Healthcare reform depends on senate race which is too close to call
Massachusetts voters go to the polls today to elect the late Ted Kennedy’s senate replacement. They also hold the fate of Obama’s healthcare reform programme in their hands. From a […]