Stories
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The father of handwashing
Doctors performing autopsies and then delivering babies – with not a hint of soap in between – was the grim recipe producing a lot of motherless offspring in the 1800s. But one man’s gargantuan efforts to upend accepted medical thinking turned the tide.
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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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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
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Conduite à risque : laisser Kiki fair n'importe quoi : conduite à tenir : se faire dépister / ENIPSE.
Date: 2013- Pictures
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The coloured silhouettes of a girl holding a kite bearing the flag of Venezuela, a man and woman, a dog and a dove representing an AIDS prevention advertisement for families. Colour lithograph by Marco Caamaño, ca. 1995.
Date: 1993Reference: 679191i- Pictures
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An exasperated looking figure holding a lead with a dog beside him representing a man looking for information on the HIV virus; an advertisement for the 1st AIDS Prevention Manual/Guide for teachers and health promoters by the Fundacion R.E.D. Colour lithograph by Fontanarrosa, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 675688i- Pictures
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A group of youths talking about HIV and AIDS beside a wall adorned with graffiti representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Kuleana Centre for Sexual Health in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Marco Tibasima, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 678813i- Pictures
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Watercolours by W. Schlote of figures and of Cologne Cathedral; advertising an art exhibition and auction in aid of the German AIDS Foundation "Positiv Leben" in Cologne in May-June 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.
Date: [19]92Reference: 673460i