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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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Lying low for lockdown and beyond

For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.

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How to thrive in lockdown

Gareth Berliner shares how being a Disabled person has given him the resilience and motivation to find a new creative challenge during lockdown.

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Is your job bad for your teeth?

Some surprising occupations pose hidden risks to dental health. Could your ivories be in particular peril?

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  • Ventilators. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Ventilators. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1817.
  • Types of ventilators. Engraving.
  • A treatise on ventilators. Wherein an account is given of the happy effects of many trials that have been made of them ... in refreshing the noxious air of ships, hospitals and mines, to the better preservation of the health and lives of mutitudes ... Part second / [Stephen Hales].
  • A treatise on ventilators. Wherein an account is given of the happy effects of many trials that have been made of them ... in refreshing the noxious air of ships, hospitals and mines, to the better preservation of the health and lives of mutitudes ... Part second / [Stephen Hales].
  • A condenser, an air-gun and a ventilator. Etching by A. Walker after B. Martin.
  • Sanitation: ventilated improved pit latrine
  • Ventilated improved pit latrine construction
  • Pigments: mills for grinding colours, and a man grinding at a muller, with a ventilator hood above. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
  • Interior of cutting shop, bad ventilation
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