In the 19th century, with the development of railway transportation, train accidents became a frequent source of death and serious injury.
Some of the victims claimed injury following an accident without a visible pathology. Jon Eric Erichsen, a British surgeon, in 1867 published a book called On Railway and Other …
The science museum in London has interesting items on display in the Psychology: Mind Your Head exhibit. Unfortunately, not all of them are on the website so here are some I photographed.
A skull showing phrenology markings with a device used to measure the features of a head for phrenological …
The hypothetical column on the left is meant to show that as a result of the stigma of mental illness, most people think that mental illnesses are always severe.
Delirium is a totally reversible state, people with dementia need long term care and can never be more harmless. Lots of …
كتب بلال فضل في المصري اليوم يوم 12/10/2009 عن طبيبة سورية تعالج التوحد بعلاج غذائي مُعين و ينتقد وزارة الصحة المصرية في عدم توفير هذا العلاج للمرضى المصريين و عدم توفير تحليل للكشف المبكر للمرض.
الطبيبة أسمها هيفاء الكيالى و مكتوب على موقعها أنها حصلت على ماجستير …
Blindfolding is commonly used by security forces that physically torture people. It works by making the victim disoriented and fearful. A person will lose his orientation to place and the sense of direction first. Then, if applied long enough for more than a day, it can make some experience visual …
I said this earlier and unfortunately I did witness a part of it on Youtube and Vimeo and it is horrible.
I know petitions are of no value when it comes to changing policies here. But they make you feel a bit better.
Or …
Killing 300,000 thousand innocent Egyptian pigs to prevent the swine flu from jeopardising our health is the most gruesome act of unjustifiable killing of animals I will ever witness.
The swine influenza type A (H1N1) is now a human transmissible virus of swine origin i.e. it spreads from …
These are concise formulations of 8 different cases I have seen. All are in 140 characters or less. All people mentioned are refugees.
This is just an experiment with this format.
Her dad vanished when she was young. They detained & tortured her twice to know his whereabouts. 5th year in …