Stories
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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Homesick for planet Earth
Find out how homesick astronauts spend their free time, and how recreating home cooking from freeze-dried ingredients can cheer them all up.
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Finding a cure for homesickness
While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.
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Happy Joy Smile
Drawn from real-life experiences, this short story depicts a character negotiating the UK’s current mental health system. Discover what happens as they encounter waiting lists, sketchy healthcare and punitive government bureaucracy.
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Two questions considered: what is it that we have to defend: and against whom? By a true-hearted Briton.
True-hearted Briton.Date: 1798- Books
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A seasonable check to the fury of an unfledg'd minister of the Gospel. In a letter to the Reverend Mr. T- - - - - - - A very young Glóstershire Clergyman. Written by Mr. J- - - - - - - - A very young Wiltshire Layman. Occasion'd by the former's falsly charging the latter with Atheism. In which are interspers'd some Observations on Atheism and Superstition, together with a Hint or two to the Professors of Christianity in general.
J- - - - - - - -, Mr.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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The Nature, origin, progress, &c. of the devotion to the adorable heart of Jesus. From the French.
Date: 1800- Books
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On the necessity for contracting cavities between the venous trunks and the ventricles of the heart; on the use of venous sinuses in the head; On the Wonderful Provision made for the Transition from the Foetal to the Breathing State; on Palpitation; on Death; and on Life: With Reflections on the Treatment of Animals By John Walker.
Walker, John, 1759-1830.Date: 1799- Books
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A paraphrase on the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, only appropriating what is there meant of the King of Babylon to Oliver the Protector. A Pindarique. Humbly dedicated to D-d P-ll, Esq; For the use of the Kentish Free-Holders.
Dear-heart, Philo.Date: Printed in the Year, 1710