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Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
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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.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
Catalogue
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On the regulation of the blood-supply of the brain / by C.S. Roy and C.S. Sherrington.
Roy, Charles Smart, 1854-1897.Date: 1890- Books
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The intra-cranial circulation and its relation to the physiology of the brain / by James Cappie.
Date: 1890- Books
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Ueber den Kreislauf des Blutes im menschlichen Gehirn / untersuchungen von A. Mosso.
Date: 1881- Books
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Cerebral hyperaemia : the result of mental strain or emotional disturbance / by William A. Hammond.
Hammond William A. (William Alexander), 1828-1900.Date: 1878- Books
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On a seldom-described artery (A. termatica) : with suggestions as to the names of the principal encephalic arteries / by Burt G. Wilder.
Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925.Date: [1885]