Stories
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Vaccinating a community, saving lives
Doctor Jane Harvey always goes the extra mile to care for her patients, and in recent months that’s extended to huge efforts to save lives with her coronavirus vaccination push.
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Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero
Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.
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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 unimprovable white cane
Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
London Schools Swimming Association : advanced life-saving certificate ... / London Schools Swimming Association ; [illustrated by Walter Crane].
London Schools Swimming Association.Date: 1908
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The swimming pool used by an HIV-positive swimming group (Positeidon), and the swimming group in the pool. Colour photocopy, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 674161i- Pictures
The victorious Australian 800 m. men's relay swimming team at the Stockholm Olympic Games.
Date: 1912Reference: 529841iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.
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The victorious English 400 m. women's relay swimming team at the Stockholm Olympic Games.
Date: 1912Reference: 529837iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Ephemera
Royal Life Saving Society ... : certificate awarded to ... / Royal Life Saving Society ; [illustrated by S.T. Dadd].
Royal Life Saving Society (Great Britain)Date: [1930?]