1.0Coronavirus (COVID-19) Blog Posts Collection - BMJ Journalshttps://blogs.bmj.com/covid-19caitlinalderhttps://blogs.bmj.com/covid-19/author/caitlinalder/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wCqaKvtvKB"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/covid-19/2020/08/27/whats-at-hand/">What’s at Hand?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.bmj.com/covid-19/2020/08/27/whats-at-hand/embed/#?secret=wCqaKvtvKB" width="600" height="338" title="“What’s at Hand?” — Coronavirus (COVID-19) Blog Posts Collection - BMJ Journals" data-secret="wCqaKvtvKB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.bmj.com/covid-19/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Blog by Swati Joshi As a Medical Humanities researcher, I have always wondered how we learn about our body through language and how our anatomy forms the metaphorical elements of the linguistic corpus. This piece attempts to map the transformation in our understanding of hands in the face of the pandemic of COVID-19. Language has [...]Read More...https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/files/2020/08/Blog-Joshi-Swati-What’s-at-Hand-01.png