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  • Got that summertime sickness

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    Last year summer vacation: it was a hot summer. It was dry, it was sunny, it was fun. And with all the climate change, the heatwaves will probably keep coming. Is that bad? for my mood: no. For a lot of other things: yes. And on top of that, the chances of getting, for example, those annoying ticks and other not so great diseases will rise too.

  • Back into the past: The Incas

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    The Inca Empire was a powerful nation from the beginning of the fifteenth century until 1572, when the Spaniards captured the last city of the Incas: Vilcabamba in current day Ecuador. Who were these people? How was their medical system organized? What procedures were involved? Today, we'll explore the barbaric and remarkable practices of the long extinct Incas.

  • Kroniek der psychochirurgie: deel II

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    Dit is het tweede deel van het drieluik over de geschiedenis van chirurgie bij psychiatrische stoornissen. In het eerste deel (ook online te vinden) b...