Stories
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The evolution of war-zone medicine
The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
Catalogue
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Ambulance illustrated : sixty photographs / taken by W.M. Warneuke under the direction of Wm. Cullen.
Warneuke, W. M.Date: 1914- Ephemera
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Ambulance 10/6.
Date: 1917- Digital Images
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Ambulance, New Sebastopol, 1855.
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Ambulance conveyance
Date: 1854-1855Reference: RAMC/397/F/RR/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
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Ambulance hand-book : on the principles of first-aid to the injured / by Sir George Thomas Beatson.
Beatson, George Thomas, Sir.Date: 1914