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Cardiology is a prestigious specialism, known for its life-saving, heroic staff. But a doctor’s training eventually reveals other, less obvious ways to save lives.
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The family food of a kebab van man
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Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes
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Kitchen still life with blind spot
Date: 11 February 1983Reference: SA/MAR/452Part of: Migraine Art Competition Collection- Books
Darwin's blind spot : evolution beyond natural selection / Frank Ryan.
Ryan, Frank, 1944-Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
The blind spot of Mariotte : its ordinary imperceptibility or filling-in and its facultative visibility / J. Brøns.
Brøns, J.Date: 1939- Books
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The admirable travels of Messrs. Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin; through the unknown tracts of Africa. With the manner how Lowellin lived five years on an uninhabited spot, and, having sustained many dangerous Attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London in September 1781, after having been eleven years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1782]- Books
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The admirable travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the unknown tracts of Africa: with the manner how Lowellin lived five years on an uninhabited spot; and, having sustained many dangerous Attacks from the wild Beasts and Savages, returned safe to London, in September, 1781, after having been eleven Years in those extensive Regions.
Lowellin, David, 1726-Date: [1783]