Stories
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The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
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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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Specification of Walter Whitehouse : sustaining artificial teeth by atmospheric pressure.
Whitehouse, Walter.Date: 1875- Books
Of the atmospheric pressure and capillary attraction method of applying artificial teeth / Chapin A. Harris.
Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860Date: 1976- Pictures
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Pascal's experiment in the Puy de Dôme to test the relation between atmospheric pressure and altitude. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.Reference: 45911i- Books
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Physical effects of compressed air, and of the causes of pathological symptoms produced on man, by increased atmospheric pressure employed for the sinking of piers, in the construction of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri / by A. Jaminet.
Jaminet, A. (Alphonse)Date: 1871- Books
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Experimental researches on the influence exercised by atmospheric pressure upon the progression of the blood in the veins : upon that function called absorption, and upon the prevention and cure of the symptoms caused by the bites of rabid or venomous animals ... / by David Barry.
Barry, David, Sir, 1780-1835.Date: 1826