Stories
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How an animation educated the army
In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Raising a baby in prison
Gary’s second child spent much of her babyhood in a prison mother-and-baby unit, after his wife was given a custodial sentence. Here he explores the family’s experiences of that time.
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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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United States Sanitary Commission bulletin.
Date: 1866- Books
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On the use of plaster of Paris splints in military surgery : [report made to the United States Sanitary Commission].
Date: 1864- Books
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The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes / Sanitary Commission.
United States Sanitary Commission.Date: 1864- Books
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The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes.
United States of America. Sanitary Commission.Date: 1864- Books
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The United States Sanitary Commission.
Date: 1864