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Doctors’ careers can be built on publication rates and citations. Medical journals prefer positive results. It is not surprising that scientific fraud occurs, sometimes causing catastrophic damage to innocent patients and others. what can be done?
This lecture will explore Utopia’s links both with London and with the civic culture of Renaissance Europe more generally. It will focus on the significance of Utopia at the time when it was written, with some reflections on its remarkably varied legacy.
Edward VII had an instinctive understanding of the human side of monarchy. At home he faced a constitutional crisis when the House of Lords rejected the budget in 1909. The crisis remained unresolved at Edward’s death in 1910.
Examples of disease as shown in artworks will be examined, from the medical and surgical point of view as well as the historical and artistic ones, particularly visual loss as portrayed by artists from pre-historic times.
An explanation of the heartbeat and how the rhythm is generated. With the help of a percussionist (Nick Buxton of La Shark), he will demonstrate the evocation of those emotions, and what happens when the rhythm of the heart goes awry.
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