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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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A history of sex for sale

Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.

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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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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high

The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.

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  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • A new and compleat history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. From the earliest accounts, to the beginning of the year 1770 / By a society of gentlemen. Revised, corrected and improved by Henry Chamberlain of Hatton-Garden, esq.
  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • Marylebone and St. Pancras : their history, celebrities, buildings, and institutions / by George Clinch ; with numerous illustrations.
  • A new and compleat history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. From the earliest accounts, to the beginning of the year 1770 / By a society of gentlemen. Revised, corrected and improved by Henry Chamberlain of Hatton-Garden, esq.
  • The city of Bath of the days of our grandfathers and of to-day : a pictorial presentation of Bath as it was and as it is / by Gordon Home.
  • Phrenological chart; with design of head containing 4 illustrations showing activity of brain. Colour lithograph.
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