Stories
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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Designing death in the virtual city
Danger and death are fun when they’re virtual – and when they incorporate realistic elements. Now the tables are turned, as urban planners learn from game environments.
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Death-rates in pneumonia increase with alcoholic habits.
Date: [1912?]- Books
Recent mortality trends in Chile : a study of the trend of the death rate in Chile with consideration of sex, age, and cause groups and selected socioeconomic factors.
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1964- Books
Infant and perinatal mortality in Scotland : analysis of infant mortality trends in Scotland by age at death, sex of child, cause of death, social class, and geographic region; maternal mortality trends ; stillbirth and perinatal mortality trends; effect of illegitimacy on infant mortality; historical and geographical background of Scotland ; and discussion of Scotland's maternal and child welfare policies.
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1966- Books
Changes in mortality trends: England and Wales, 1931-1961 : a study of trends in the death rates in England and Wales analyzed by sex, age, and cause of death as part of a survey of trends in the United States and other countries.
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1965- Books
Mortality statistics, 1910 : general death rates, causes of death, deaths of infants from each cause by days for the first week of life, by weeks for the first month, and by months for the first two years.
Date: 1912