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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
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Sex in graphic novels
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Fees, funding and the NHS
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First aid in illness and injury : comprised in a series of chapters on the human machine, its structure, its implements of repair, and the accidents and emergencies to which it is liable / by James E. Pilcher.
Pilcher, James Evelyn, 1857-1911.Date: 1892- Books
A home guide to first aid treatment in sickness and accident : suggestions for rendering prompt assistance in sudden cases of accident, injury, illness, or other emergencies in the home illustrated / presented with the compliments of Pond's Extract Company.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Books
Complaints, controversies and grievances in medicine : historical and social science perspectives / edited by Jonathan Reinarz and Rebecca Wynter.
Date: 2015- Books
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Prevention of disease and care of the sick : How to keep well and what to do in case of sudden illness. 1918 / by W.G. Stimpson, M.D., assistant surgeon general, United States Public health service. Including First aid to the injured, by M. H. Foster ... surgeon, United States Public health service.
Stimpson, W. G. (William Gordon), 1865-1940.Date: 1919- Books
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First aid to the injured : being the hand-book describing aids for cases of injuries or sudden illness / originally written by Peter Shepherd ; edited and re-written by Robert Bruce.
Shepherd, Peter, 1841-1879.Date: 1895