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...free individuals such as the Greek Galen (c.129-c.216 CE), who eventually practised in Rome, were merging practical medicine with philosophy. Galen’s observations of anatomy were based on animal dissections and vivisections, which he then used to interpret human anatomy. His first anatomical observations of humans were made during his time as a gladiators’ surgeon,...

...free homeowners. They may see their home as a form of ontological security that cannot be taken from them. Some older people may downsize and move in later life but a majority wish to stay put in a familiar environment; a view embedded in social policy. The embodiment of the home is always present. The built environment can include barriers to ways of coping at all ages,...

...course, you aren’t going to be ostracised by society if you choose peanut M&Ms over pumpkin spice at the grocery store. But when it comes to any craze – slap bracelets, Beanie Babies, the Macarena, and pumpkin spice – it makes us happy and secure to feel included with the rest of society. Warm and fuzzy nostalgia Dead leaves falling to the ground, early sunsets, and...

...courses [LePetoman] Joseph Pujol, "Le Petomane", a late 19th Century French music hall artist whose act consisted of musically breaking wind. Is it time for a post about drugs and farting? Of course it's time for a post about drugs and farting. Drugs do many, many things. Some of these we want, others not so much. The latter get called side effects. One of the...

...courses and qualifications [Green antibiotic pills] Adapted from the Open University module K203, Working for Health. Modern western scientific medicine is often called "biomedical" because it explains health in terms of biology. It attaches importance to learning about body structure (anatomy) and systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the...