Stories
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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The blight of the ballooning blood vessels
In 1817 an emergency operation on a London porter was hailed a ‘success’ despite the patient’s swift demise. Find out how this case became a landmark in vascular surgery.
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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
Catalogue
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Anaesthetic equipment : physical principles and maintenance / C.S. Ward.
Ward, C. S. (Crispian Stanley)Date: 1975- Books
Anaesthetic equipment in the history of German anaesthesia : [catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg from 23 April to 4 May 1997 on the occasion of the German Congress of Anaesthesiology and the Fourth International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia] / edited by Jochen Schulte am Esch and Michael Goerig.
Date: [1997]- Books
Report of a Working Party on Anaesthetic Explosions : including safety code for equipment and installations.
Great Britain. Working Party on Anaesthetic Explosions.Date: 1956- Digital Images
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Equipment for the application of a local ether anaesthetic.
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The National Catalogue of anaesthetic books, documents and equipment / I. McLellan.
McLellan, I. R.Date: 1985