Stories
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
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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Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Army Blood Supply Depot: photographs
Date: 1940s-1990sReference: SA/HHC/B/1Part of: Harrison-Howell Blood Transfusion Collection
- Digital Images
- Online
Cat skin showing hairs, a whisker and their blood supply.
Linstead, David.Date: 2014- Videos
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Blood transfusion.
Date: 1941- Books
HIV and the blood supply : an analysis of crisis decisionmaking / Lauren B. Leveton, Harold C. Sox, Jr., Michael A. Stoto, editors.
Date: 1995- Videos
Red gold: the epic story of blood. Pt. 3, Tainted Blood.
Date: 2002