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We who can’t believe
| Anne BoyerNaki Narh
Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.
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The problem of the punctured heart
| Thomas MorrisEmily Evans
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
| Thomas MorrisEmily Evans
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
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The stranger who started an epidemic
| Anna Faherty
New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.
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Why are women more willing donors than men?
| Hannah PartosThomas S G Farnetti
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?