Stories
- Article
A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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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.
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Why gene editing can never eliminate disability
In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
[Respiratory infections - miscellaneous papers]
Date: c.1940sReference: PP/JRH/B/109Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Archives and manuscripts
[Respiratory infections - reprints etc]
Date: c.1940sReference: PP/JRH/B/108Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Books
Respiratory infections in children : management in small hospitals a manual for doctors.
Date: 1988- Books
Oxygen therapy for acute respiratory infections in young children in developing countries / Programme for the Control of Acute Respiratory Infections.
Date: 1993- Books
The management of fever in young children with acute respiratory infections in developing countries / Programme for the Control of Acute Respiratory Infections.
Date: 1993