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The evolution of war-zone medicine

The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.

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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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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

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  • Ambulance 10/6.
  • The St. John Ambulance Association [bandage] : registered design no. 7764 / St. John Ambulance Association.
  • Renault Ambulance advertisment, 1913.
  • Ambulance, New Sebastopol, 1855.
  • Ambulance service for London
  • 'Ambulance X-ray appuratus'.
  • Field Ambulance used by Florence Nightingale.
  • Ambulance waiting for the wounded at Sebastopol.
  • War on the wounded: St. John's Ambulance Hospital.
  • The St. John Ambulance Association : [first aid bandage / sling].
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