Stories
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What is air, and how do we know?
Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.
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A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
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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 secrets your teeth hold
Discover how innocuous-looking human teeth hold a wealth of hidden information about our diet, health and evolution.
Catalogue
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Oxygen pressure recording in gases, fluids, and tissues : international symposium on oxygen pressure recording, Nijmegen, September 19-20, 1968 / F. Kreuzer.
International Symposium on Oxygen Pressure Recording (1968 : Nijmegen, Netherlands)Date: 1969- Books
A symposium on oxygen measurements in blood and tissues and their significance / edited by J.P. Payne and D.W. Hill.
Symposium on Oxygen Measurements in Blood and Tissues and their Significance (1964 : London, England)Date: 1966- Books
Oxygen free radicals and tissue damage.
Symposium on Oxygen Free Radicals and Tissue Damage (1978 : London, England)Date: 1979- Books
Oxygen in the animal organism : proceedings of a symposium held under the joint auspices of the International Union of Biochemistry and the International Union of Physiological Sciences London, 1963 / edited by Frank Dickens and Eric Neil.
Symposium on Oxygen in the Animal Organism (1963 : London, England)Date: [1964]- Books
Blood oxygenation : proceedings of the international symposium on blood oxygenation, held at the University of Cincinnati, December 1-3, 1969 / edited by Daniel Hershey.
International Symposium on Blood Oxygenation (1969 : University of Cincinnati)Date: 1970