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‘How I lost my sense of touch’
50 years ago, Ian Waterman lost his sense of touch after he caught a viral infection. It triggered an auto-immune attack on most of the nerve fibres carrying tactile information from his skin and his muscles. Now, if someone touches Ian below the neck he feels nothing.
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