Stories
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
Catalogue
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The circulatory system / Leslie Mertz.
Mertz, Leslie A.Date: 2004- Pictures
The circulatory system. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 2136989i- Pictures
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The circulatory system: dissections of the underside of the foot, with blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
Maclise, Joseph.Date: [1841/1844]Reference: 579469i- Pictures
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The circulatory system: three dissections of the arm, with arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
Maclise, Joseph.Date: [1841/1844]Reference: 579585i- Pictures
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The circulatory system: dissections of the neck and shoulder, with arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
Maclise, Joseph.Date: [1841/1844]Reference: 579563i