Tag: dementia
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The benefit of literature to a medical student
Martin ConwillUnited Kingdom In a letter to Benjamin Bailey in 1817, John Keats, who only one year prior was a medical student himself, wrote: “I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of imagination – what the imagination sees as beauty must be truth.”1 This proclamation can be…
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Rock or bust: Ageing, alcohol, and popular music
Duncan Wheeler Gemma MatthewmanGreat Britain Don’t you know that I feel alrightDoin’ what I doI ain’t gonna tow the lineNot till’ I turn blueAll I got is one short lifeThat’s what people sayAnd I ain’t gonna waste a secondDoin’ what you say. (Lyrics to Slash featuring Lemmy, “Dr. Alibi”) The lead singer of The Who, Roger…