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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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The sum of my parts

Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.

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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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  • A group of boys are smoking: they have tied the gate to prevent the man with a strap from chasing them. Etching by H.C. Shenton after W. Kidd.
  • Nine illustrations demonstrating ways of living positively with HIV/AIDS from riding a bike to avoiding alcohol, smoking and drugs; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • A woman in shorts stands smoking before a group of 3 people around a table with drinks and snacks with a warning about the importance of using condoms to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by the Republique Togolaise, Ministère de la santé publique et de la population. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman holds a syringe as if smoking a cigarette watched by a black man in a green tracksuit and another in a grey dinner suit; warning about drugs, needle-sharing and safe sex practices to prevent AIDS by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for AIDS Education. Colour lithograph.
  • Humphrey Bogart wearing his characteristic coat and hat and smoking, with a message about how he always wore appropriate clothing to protect himself; an advertisement for condoms and safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs and the Senate Department for Women, Youth and Family in Berlin. Colour lithograph.
  • To thine own self be true : I promise by the help of GOD, for my own sake, and as an example to others, to abstain from the use of Tobacco in every form, until I am at least 21 years of age... / The Primitive Methodist Anti-Cigarette League.
  • Cancer : [bookmark] / issued by the Central Council for Health Education.
  • A hand holding a burning cigarette by an ashtray; representing smoking as a cause of heart disease. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • Don't harm yourself ... : arm yourself with knowledge about drugs / NIDA.
  • The head of a woman cannabis user against a backdrop of doodles; representing the safety of cannabis as not transmitting the cause of AIDS; an advertisement for safe sex by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Peder Iblher.
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